We’ve got a special episode for you this time around, which was recorded live as part of the 2025 Morpeth Book Festival in March. 

It was great to be part of the event, alongside some big-name authors who actually know what they’re doing.

The talk is titled Not All Heroes Wear Kits, and it’s something of a whistlestop tour through a few of the Unsung characters I’ve written about, including one or two that podcast listeners may be familiar with, alongside others who I’m speaking about the first time. 

And, like a pound shop Marvel villain, there’s a little bit of backstory that goes into the how and why I got into telling these unsung stories from outside the mainstream.

Many thanks to everyone who came along. Thanks also to Ben Hobson at Morpeth Library for his tech expertise, and to Sarah Jayne Kennedy Robson, Ian Leech, and all the festival organisers for inviting me along.