Alice Roberts Audiobooks

Bones, burials and hard evidence in Crypt, by the anatomist and archaeologist Alice Roberts

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Who is Alice Roberts?

Alice Roberts, born in 1973, is an English academic, anatomist, archaeologist, television presenter and author – a rare combination of working scientist and genuine broadcaster. Since 2012 she has been Professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham, a title that neatly captures her career’s central project: taking serious science to the widest possible audience.

Her public role extends beyond the lecture theatre and the screen. She was president of the charity Humanists UK from January 2019 to May 2022 and remains one of its vice-presidents, making her among the more visible advocates of humanism in British public life. It is an unusually broad portfolio – bones, broadcasting and belief – held together by a consistent commitment to evidence and clear explanation.

Alice Roberts in audiobooks

Roberts writes from the meeting point of anatomy, archaeology and public storytelling, and the title of Crypt signals which corner of that territory she explores here. An anatomist and archaeologist by training, she brings a scientist’s discipline to writing about the past: claims anchored in evidence, delivered with a broadcaster’s ear for what holds an audience. That combination makes for audio that informs without hand-waving. For UK listeners who like their history rooted in physical remains and rigorous method rather than romantic speculation, Roberts is exactly the guide you want in your headphones.