Dr Richard Howells
Dr Richard Howells is a broadcaster turned academic who nowadays (and gleefully) combines the two. He specialises in media and culture, including the popular and the visual. This includes everything from discussions and documentaries to commenting on the topical issues of the day.
Richard started as a journalist, producer and presenter who, in a moment of Quixotic inspiration, gave it all up to go to Harvard. There, he graduated sum cum laude (with highest honours) before returning to his native England to take his Doctorate in Social and Political Sciences at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is now Reader in Cultural and Creative Industries at King’s College, University of London.
His books include The Myth of the Titanic (1999) and Visual Culture (2003), while his scholarly journal publications have ranged from studies of British documentary photography, the importance of media in education, pioneers of early film, to the polysemiology of Ali G. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television.
Television credits include documentaries for the BBC and the Discovery Channel, along with discussion appearances on The Heaven and Earth Show and media comment on Sky News. Interviews with Richard have been syndicated by the Associated Press on radio, television and in print. BBC radio appearances include Front Row, The Message, You and Yours, The Media Show, Beyond Belief, Woman’s Hour, and the World Service. In addition to being an invited speaker at universities and academic conferences around the world, Richard has lectured to more general audiences at venues such as the National Portrait Gallery in London and the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
Richard Howells is married to the designer Sarah Howson, and lives in central London.
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