Dr Richard Brown is Head of School for Arts and Humanities in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. He has taught on a number of English modules and was chair of AA100 The arts past and present. Richard is a published poet and was book reviews editor for The Spenser Review. He recently took part in the BBC production My Life in Books and, in 2010, received an OU teaching award in recognition of his outstanding commitment to the teaching of the Arts and Humanities.