Alumni Voices spoke to York alum Marcus Crabb aka ‘Kate Butch’, comedian and star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series Five, the hit TV show …
Kate Butch: Drag Queen and Star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
Stories from our alumni featured in popular culture and the media
Culture and Media
Professor Emeritus James Walvin: Amazing Grace
Now in its 250th anniversary year, the hymn Amazing Grace was written by a Liverpool slave trader, John Newton, who repented during a storm at …
Greg Jenner: Public Historian & Podcast Host
This month Alumni Voices catches up with ‘You’re Dead to Me’ podcast host, Greg Jenner (Vanbrugh, 2004). Since his career on ‘Horrible Histories’ Greg has …
Sam Thorpe-Spinks: Actor
From the Drama Barn to York Theatre Royal, Alumni Voices catches up with Sam Thorpe Spinks, on how it feels to return to York to …
James Lancaster: New York Brass Band
Alumnus James Lancaster (Wentworth Hall, 1989) shares his favourite tracks with us and explains how he went from teaching to founding New York Brass Band. …
Meeting the Challenge of ‘Christmas University Challenge’
Over the Christmas period five York alum took part in the Christmas alumni special of University Challenge. Alumni Voices caught up with the York team …
Ben Louden & Yvette Yang: Viridian FX
Viridian FX, a team of 15 based in Swinegate, York have recently completed work on around 250 shots for eight episodes of HBO’s House of …
Joe Walker: Film Editor
Joe at the Oscars (c) Allen Schaben
Olaide Steele, Philosophy Graduate to BBC Introducing
For this week’s Alumni Voices, we’ve had a chat with York Philosophy graduate Olaide Steele. Since graduating from the University of York in 2017, Olaide …
Hackney’s Pop Harpist – York Alumna Olivia Ter-Berg
To entertain her neighbours during lockdown, Olivia Ter-Berg, a University of York Music Department graduate, decided to put on a concert from her doorstep when …