Dr Tom Tunstall Allcock is a Lecturer in American History at the University of Manchester. His research and teaching focuses on the history of U.S. politics, foreign relations, and the presidency during the twentieth century. He contributes regularly to local outreach programmes and has appeared on local and national television and radio discussing American history and politics – follow him on twitter @TunstallAllcock

Talk: Tracking the Space Race: Cold War Culture, Global Rivalry, and Jodrell Bank with Rachel Platonov