Richard is an ex-secondary school teacher who now operates as a freelance writer, lecturer and academic. Recent publications include the Hodder study guide to The Wife of Bath’s Tale, and a fantasy novel, Melody’s Unicorn (signed copies available!). By training and inclination a medievalist, he has organised and participated in a wide range of talks and debates on subjects including extra-terrestrial intelligence, animal cognition, Mervyn Peake, T.S.Eliot and Lana Del Rey. He also runs creative writing sessions in schools.