Born 1971;
B.A. 1st Class Honours Lancaster University, 1993;
MA with Distinction Durham, 1994;
Queens Award for Best Qualified Postgraduate, Lancaster University, 1994-95;
Doctorate, Lancaster University; 1998.

Taught at Lancaster University;
and Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Since February 2006, Director of the Marx Memorial Library, London.