Described by The Times as “a polymath”, Clive Bloom is Emeritus Professor of English and American Studies at Middlesex University and a best-selling author.  When Professor Bloom isn’t writing and researching he divides his time between New York University and The University of Notre Dame.

Clive was the historical consultant to the BBC and a number of national and international newspapers on the G20 and the summer riots in Britain. He is an occasional feature writer for the Financial Times, The Times, the Guardian, the Independent, the Irish Times and the London Evening Standard, regularly appearing on television and radio and he is quoted in the Columbia Book of World Quotations.

His numerous books include Riot City, Restless Revolutionaries, Violent London: 2000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts, Bestsellers: Popular Fiction Since 1900, Victoria’s Madmen: revolution and alienation, Cult Fiction: Popular Reading and Pulp Theory; and Gothic Horror, all of which have enjoyed international recognition.