Speaking
A selection of podcast and radio appearances are below. Francesca has spoken at literary and history festivals and bookshops across the country, and has interviewed other writers, artists, and filmmakers about their work — both for live events, and for broadcast media. To discuss an event, do get in touch.
Podcasts & Radio
BBC R4 Today Programme — on Joan Didion.
BBC Free Thinking — Margaret Cavendish with Nandini Das.
BBC Front Row — Margaret Cavendish’s Blazing World, with Siri Hustvedt.
Intelligence Squared — in conversation with Flora Carr about her novel, The Tower.
Not Just the Tudors — in conversation with Suzannah Lipscomb about Margaret Cavendish.
BBC History Extra — on Margaret Cavendish.
Intelligence Squared — in conversation with Helen Carr, about Margaret Cavendish.
Spectator Book Club — in conversation with Sam Leith, about Margaret Cavendish.
Betwixt the Sheets — 17th Century Sci-Fi Writer & 'It Girl': Margaret Cavendish.
BBC Front Row — discussing the Parthenon Marbles.
Talks & Events
Northeastern University, The Philosopher — Panel discussion about women in philosophy, Autumn 2025
Chalke History Festival — Trailblazing Literary Ladies, Summer 2024
Chalke History Festival — interviewing George Butler about his art-journalism in Ukraine, Summer 2024
ESU, Dartmouth House — a talk and Q&A about Pure Wit, January 2024
Topping’s Bath — a talk and Q&A about Pure Wit, Autumn 2023
Book Tour — throughout the North East (Newcastle, Durham, Northumberland) for the release of Pure Wit, Autumn 2023
Chelsea History Festival — talk and Q&A about Pure Wit, Autumn 2023
Buckingham History Festival — talk and Q&A about Pure Wit, Autumn 2023