I work as a genealogist and family historian - lots of interesting stories here! I give talks, write articles and am undertake research into family history, particularly around Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. I contribute to various family history sites and have conducted research into the Caunt, Camm, Axe, Ludlam, Budgell, Waterfall, Sheldon, Tucker, Rooke, Sanderson/Saunderson and Langfield families amongst others. Recent talks include 'Women, Waterloo and Afterwards' and 'Bigamy and Fraud in Victorian Britain'. Articles available via https://independent.academia.edu/RichardAxe. Worked on a regional (Yorkshire) project around skills and industrial digital technologies (IDTs) for the textile industry. Previously worked on a four year pan-European project called Textile Clothing Business Labs (TCBL) to encourage and stimulate collaborative approaches to business in the Fashion and Textile sector, so plenty of experience working with partners from The Netherlands through to Romania.Also spent many years working with small digital companies to help improve business skills or help small companies understand how ICT can work for them. Identified and developed the ICT sector in South Yorkshire. Created and organised the "Get IT Right"​ b2b ICT exhibition (Sheffield 1999) and worked on Club UK Online and the ICT Directory to bring business customers together with digital expertise; project management for European funded projects; data cleansing; business assistance to ICT companies. Identified and brokered a joint venture between four ICT companies to create a new company with complementary skills. Provided tutorial support to individuals in the ICT business through the University of Durham's Advise IT programme. Worked with Yorkshire Forward to project manage a satellite broadband development for SMEs within Yorkshire.

Managed some significant regional and national funded training projects for the textile and manufacturing sectors, including an Employer Ownership of Skills Round 1 programme. Also responsible for quality management and improvement (completed an IRCA auditing course in August 2014), including ISO 9001 and the matrix Standard (provision of information, advice and guidance). Speaker at the 2014 Innovation Day at the Museo del Tessuto in Prato, Italy with the promotion of linkages with Italian manufacturers subsequently and a 600,000 euro project as a result. Constructed and delivered the first in a series of careers fairs for the textile sector in West Yorkshire. Managed part of a £6m European Regional Development Fund innovation project including DNA anti-counterfeiting measures and laser / plasma technologies applied to fabric for flame retardant / liquid repellent / liquid retention treatments. Previously Training Team Manager and Train to Gain Broker Manager for the engineering/manufacturing and digital sectors across Yorkshire and the Humber to provide business and skills training assistance to more than 1200 businesses. Many years of experience delivering skills audits and training plans for business.

Delivery of the AA309 course on Culture, Identity and Power in the Roman Empire to level three students, including one year of tutoring students living in Greece.

Delivery of seminars on Roman history and culture to first year undergraduates via the Classics Department.