Death and crime historian, family researcher, teller of tales.
Visiting fellow at the Open University.
Obsessed with inquests.
Sophie Michell
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New article! When did #criminology in Britain begin? Where did it come from? @jkivivuori.bsky.social & I explore the forgotten roots of British criminology in a burst of statistical research between the 1830s and 1850s. We show that British Criminology didn't first emerge in the later 1800s...(1/5)
Henry Yeomans
Carpeted as in disciplinary/ sacked/ disqualified, said to originate with the English Jockey Club where miscreants would stand on the carpet before the trio in judgement of their sins.
I suspect there are multiple definitions though.
Alison Baxter writes about the tragedy in her own family history that inspired her first novel, A Fatal Choice.
Her research uncovered a strange story of secrets and lies, as she reveals at historiamag.com/secrets-lies-family-history
Three women made a desperate decision
@alisonrbaxter.bsky.social
What is the charge? writing a history? A succulent cultural history ?
