Lectures & Conference Papers
(2019)
Witches and Wisemen in the Folk Tales of Lincolnshire – Museum of Witchcraft & Magic Conference, Boscastle
Legends of the Lincolnshire Carrs – North Lincolnshire Folklore in Words & Song (Scunthorpe Central Library Heritage Open Days event)
(2018)
Black Shuck: black dogs and other curious creatures from East Anglian folklore - Fear in the Fens Festival, Downham Market
Rev. John Cranmer Dening – Anglican Curate and Psychical Researcher - Fear in the Fens Festival, Downham Market
“Catch a ‘Walking Toad’ ”: Exploring the Rituals and Practices of the Toadmen of East Anglia - Folklore Society Conference (Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading)
(2017)
Peterborough Mummers’ Play Paper – Performance in Legend at Tradition (a Folklore Society Conference) Chipping Norton
Old Fenland Storytellers – Cambridge History Festival
(2015)
The Witches of Warboys - Law and Crime in Legend and Tradition (a Folklore Society Conference) Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire May Day Customs - Folklore Society Conference (University of Exeter)
Lincolnshire Folk Tales seminar - Lincolnshire Children's Book Group
(2013)
History of Fairy Belief - Keynote Speech - British Society of Dowser's Conference (Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester)
(2012)
Peterborough Mummer's Play - Mummers' Symposium, Bath
(2011)
Cambridgeshire Children's Customs - The Folklore Society Conference (University of Worcester)
(2010)
Exploring the Supernatural Beliefs of Lincolnshire - The Folklore Society Conference (Leeds Trinity University)
(2008)
Revisiting the Legends of the Carrs - The Folklore Society Conference (Warburg Institute, University of London)
‘Old Tetty and her cowslips’ exploring the rural calendar customs and rituals of the Lincolnshire Carrs in the late 19th & early 20th Century - Ritual Year and Gender Conference (University of Cork, Eire)
(2007)
Thomas and John Clarkson: Suffolk Residents and forgotten heroes - The Athenaeum, Bury St Edmunds
Heroes and Abolition: How the need for a hero led to the rewriting of History - Society for Storytelling Annual Gathering (Pocklington School)