Dr. Tristram Hunt is a historian, author and journalist. He is an expert in Victorian urban history and is a lecturer in history at Queen Mary, University of London.  Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of Chicago, he was previously a visiting professor at Arizona State University, an associate fellow at the Centre for History and Economics, King’s College, Cambridge and research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

He is also author of numerous books and articles, the most recent being the critically acclaimed Building Jerusalem: The Rise and Fall of the Victorian City.  This book charts the history and architecture of the 19^th century city and concludes with debates on urban regeneration.  In addition, he has worked extensively to generate a broader public interest in heritage through his articles in The Times, The Observer, The New Statesman and specialist journals.  He has written and presented a number of radio and TV series including Civil War (BBC2), Isaac Newton: Great Briton (BBC2), The British Middle Class (Channel 4), Elgar and Empire  (Radio 4), and The Protestant Revolution (BBC4) and is currently completing a new biography of Friedrich Engels for Penguin. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.