Guy

I’m a creative, enthusiastic private tutor, with a Ph.D. in English literature, eight years’ experience lecturing at the University of London, and over a decade of practice tutoring students from Year 5 all the way up to MA level. As a published literary critic, and a composer and performer of music, I also offer students new and exciting approaches to their subject, and to learning more generally. I received my secondary schooling at City of London School For Boys, and my university education at the University of Bristol. Leaving there with a 1st class degree in 2006, I went on to pursue an MA in modern English literature at UCL, followed by the doctorate at Goldsmiths (also University of London). I have been combining private tutoring with academic research since my MA, and now teach 11+ upwards while also lecturing and leading university seminars.

My lessons bring together intellectual rigour and a relaxed and fun approach to learning. Using my knowledge and expertise as an academic, along with 10 years’ experience private tutoring students from primary to postgraduate level, I make sure that students receive the tools they need to pass their exams while remaining engaged and excited by the subject. I am up to date with the current secondary curricula (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, IB), have three years’ experience using Skype, Zoom, Teams and other online platforms, and have a background coaching English as a Foreign Language students in a range of subjects also.

I work part-time as a lecturer in English and American literature (at Goldsmiths and Queen Mary colleges, the University of London). I write academic books and articles about my specialisms (20th century American literature, the 1960s Counterculture and the Culture Wars today), as well as essays and on culture for magazines including The Times Literary Supplement, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Literary Review. I also write, compose and – very occasionally – perform my own music.