Physics and history are both exercises in fact. Having become habituated to this in his engineering career, this was a natural transition for Ray: it was easy for him to avoid too much speculation or conjecture, while inserting the vital narrative element that makes any good work of hisotry.

Q&A Video Series with Ray Noyes

In this Q&A video series with Ray Noyes, we find out about his background as an engineer working in physics research and how this helps him now he is a history author. We also learn about his top tips for other aspiring local historians and of his most highly prized discoveries.

1. What Are the 3 Most Interesting Things You Have Found in Your History Research?
2. Tell Us About Your Time at CERN
3. How Did You Become so Heavily Involved in Grangetown’s History?
4. How Does Your Physics Background Help You Write History?
5. What Are Grangetown History Society’s Greatest Achievements?
6. What Are the Three Most Interesting Things You Found in Your Physics Research?
7. How Did Urban Development Become a Set Text at Cardiff University
8. Do You Have Two Top Tips for Aspiring Local History Writers?
9. Who Were the Windsor and Bute Families?
10. What Was the Single Most Important Moment in Grangetown’s History?