I’ve just announced the next online lectures in the series – for March and April 2026 (see here) – and at fairly late notice… I’ve been travelling a great deal since the start of the year and have generally been very busy, too busy in fact, and so I’ve decided that it’s time to take a break. In general I’ve had more work in the last couple of years than I ever have, and on top of that life has thrown a few curveballs my way. I wrote a longer explanation (at a particularly stressful moment in January) here.

My next talk (see here)

So, I’ve decided to pause my lecture series on YouTube for the summer months (May onwards), but hope to resume later in the year. I realise that many of you who are channel members will not wish to continue with your monthly subscriptions and I understand that completely. Lecturing online is now a very important part of how I earn a living, but lately I’ve reached the point where I’m no longer confident that I can give the time each month to the preparation – reading, writing and creating presentations – that is necessary for the kind of high-quality, in-depth talks I want to give. I intend to spend the summer months researching and writing material which I hope will provide the basis for a new series of talks in the autumn.

The complete archive of past lectures (see here) will remain accessible to channel members only, although I may also make one or two of the talks from the last year or so available to everyone for a limited time.

The archive (see here)

Of course, I hope it will be easy enough for you all to restart your subscriptions when the lectures resume and that you will feel you want to do so. I realise that I may not get back all the subscriptions I lose by not providing any new talks during May to August, but having the time to recharge my batteries a little, and start work on the new series will make for better lectures in the long-run.

I want to say a really big thank you to all those who you have joined the channel. I have really enjoyed giving these talks over the last eighteen months and I would never have been able to do that were it not for your support. So thank you, I’m sorry to be taking a breather now, but I hope to see you all again at the talks this month and next, and when the series resumes later in the year.

April’s talk, the last one before I take a break (see here)