TIM PORTER is an itinerant lecturer, with two subject areas; music and the middle ages. Training originally in music, Tim worked as a composer in touring theatre during the 1970s and 80s; but his studies, researches and explorations of medieval Britain always developed alongside.Tim's theatre career moved gradually forward into adult education; he's been a WEA tutor for nearly thirty years now, and runs courses at several residential colleges in the ARCA network. Currently, he is also a guest lecturer at museums including the Ashmolean in Oxford, and works as a tour guide for specialist history groups.