My book on the history of antibiotics, Dangerous Miracle, is due out in late 2025.

UK publication: 21 August 2025

Published by Bodley Head.

Links to order: Bookshop.org, Waterstones, Blackwells, Foyles.

Bookshop events:

  • 9 September, Waterstones Cambridge (link).
  • 10 September, Waterstones London Trafalgar Square.
  • 11 September, Blackwells Edinburgh (link).
  • 15 September, Topping & Co. Bath (link).

US publication: 23 September 2025

Published by Simon & Schuster.

Links to order: Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million, Bookshop.org, Target.

Journalism

I sometimes write pieces for the London Review of Books: here.

I co-write a fortnightly science column in the Morning Star: here.

If you’re bored, I’ve also written a detailed statistical analysis of coughs on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire: here.