Your heritage partner

Sean is an absolute delight to work with. Sean and Goldfinch Heritage make history exciting – bringing historical research into the fore through curiosity, storytelling and curation. We worked with Sean on Reebok and Walsh, a 30 minute non-fiction documentary for a large-scale exhibition to be viewed by 1000s of in-person visitors at Bolton Museum and audiences digitally too. As filmmakers, working with a historical researcher like Sean is a real pleasure because he understands narrative threads and interesting angles that will bring a documentary to life. The finished product is a testament to Sean’s input and I cannot recommend him highly enough.

We initially engaged Sean for our Arts Council funded project, ‘Grime Opera’, to lead on the heritage element we were developing. Having been so impressed and pleased with the work he did, we didn’t hesitate to bring him on board for our National Lottery Heritage Fund project ‘Tell Tall Tales’ as the lead researcher and writer. Sean really is great to work with – he’s attentive to the project and its needs, he is proactive and pragmatic, and he worked well with the different stakeholders in the project, including our partners, writers and illustrators. Our project was a great success and a significant part of that is down to the work Sean did. He is a pleasure to work with and I can’t wait for the next opportunity we will have to engage him again.

I have worked with Sean on a couple of large scale projects now and both times the research documents he has provided have been crucial to the success of the team’s work. As well as being fantastically competent and hard working, Sean is also really easy to work with and brings a warm and confident approach to the projects. I have already written Sean into future pitches as I am keen to work with him again.

Sean had an important role in our first national project: The Record Store & Black Music: England’s Tastemakers. From the very beginning, Sean’s passion for these topics was evident. His extensive knowledge and dedication to thorough research were crucial to the success of our project. One of Sean’s greatest strengths was his ability to conduct insightful and thought-provoking interviews. He had a natural talent for connecting with people and getting them to open up about their experiences and perspectives. This added a unique and valuable dimension to our research. Throughout the project, Sean demonstrated exceptional writing skills.