Major Tinker

John Naylor (aka Major Tinker) is the founder of the Victorian Steampunk Society and one of the leading lights of the movement. He is the driving force behind The Asylum, an annual event in Lincoln that is the largest festival in Europe and attracts over 1000 visitors, and has organised exhibitions at the Kew Steam Museum and Bradford Museum. History has been his passion and work for many years. A graduate in Social Psychology and Medieval Social History, he has published serious archeological...See more

John Naylor (aka Major Tinker) is the founder of the Victorian Steampunk Society and one of the leading lights of the movement. He is the driving force behind The Asylum, an annual event in Lincoln that is the largest festival in Europe and attracts over 1000 visitors, and has organised exhibitions at the Kew Steam Museum and Bradford Museum. History has been his passion and work for many years. A graduate in Social Psychology and Medieval Social History, he has published serious archeological papers, and worked on historical reconstructions for major museums and television programmes for National Geographic, the Discovery channel and Channel 4. The Major is working on a documentary for BBC radio on steampunk and is consulting on a major steampunk art event in London for autumn 2012. See less