Dr Penny Bradshaw is an Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Cumbria.  She is Programme Leader for the MA in Literature, Romanticism, and the Lake District, which is based at the University’s Ambleside campus, and thematic lead for Cultural Landscapes within the University’s Centre for National Parks and Protected Areas.  Penny specializes in regional Romanticism, literary responses to place, and environmental writing.  Recent publications include Ann Radcliffe’s Observations During a Tour to the Lakes (2024), A Literary Walking Tour of Carlisle (2023) and A Literary Walking Tour of Ambleside (2021), and The Lake Poems of John Wilson (2012).  Penny is currently writing An A-Z of Beatrix Potter for Bloomsbury Academic (forthcoming 2026).