When he is not teaching, he works as a filmmaker, writer and science communicator. He is the author of The Young Atheist’s Handbook and Mr Shaha’s Recipes for Wonder. He was worked with the Royal Institution, University College London and The Institute of Physics, focusing on making films to encourage and help parents carry out science activities at home with their children, and also for teachers, about teaching. Alom has written, produced and directed a number of TV programmes about science, ranging in subject matter from particle physics to mathematics.