Louvain Rees ⚰️
@hellohistoria.bsky.social
BBC award-winning Historian ✍️
Death, Wales & Psychiatry 💀
Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum 🧠
Workhouses | Poor Law | Lunacy 🧠
🥇BBC History Extra '30 under 30' 📚
📍Cardiff | views are my own • she/her
🔗 www.linktr.ee/louvainrees
Death, Wales & Psychiatry 💀
Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum 🧠
Workhouses | Poor Law | Lunacy 🧠
🥇BBC History Extra '30 under 30' 📚
📍Cardiff | views are my own • she/her
🔗 www.linktr.ee/louvainrees
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PSA 📢
A lot of my research is centred around death, psychiatry, and mental health history.
Please be aware that some of my posts may be upsetting or uncomfortable to read.
Please keep this in mind when reading my posts
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A lot of my research is centred around death, psychiatry, and mental health history.
Please be aware that some of my posts may be upsetting or uncomfortable to read.
Please keep this in mind when reading my posts
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Tokens of Love ❤️
This cow horn was carved in 1758 as a gift by Edward Davis for his sweetheart Mary 🐄
"These tokens shed a unique light on the emotional experiences of the receiver and those who loved them."
museum.wales/blog/2297/To...
#Wales #History
This cow horn was carved in 1758 as a gift by Edward Davis for his sweetheart Mary 🐄
"These tokens shed a unique light on the emotional experiences of the receiver and those who loved them."
museum.wales/blog/2297/To...
#Wales #History
January 25, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Tokens of Love ❤️
This cow horn was carved in 1758 as a gift by Edward Davis for his sweetheart Mary 🐄
"These tokens shed a unique light on the emotional experiences of the receiver and those who loved them."
museum.wales/blog/2297/To...
#Wales #History
This cow horn was carved in 1758 as a gift by Edward Davis for his sweetheart Mary 🐄
"These tokens shed a unique light on the emotional experiences of the receiver and those who loved them."
museum.wales/blog/2297/To...
#Wales #History
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January 25, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus 💞
Here's a blogpost about Welsh tokens of love 🏴
"The heart is the universal symbol of love... It is a sign of passion and strong emotion which surely signifies the carver’s depth of feeling for his beloved."
museum.wales/blog/1894/Lo...
#Wales
Here's a blogpost about Welsh tokens of love 🏴
"The heart is the universal symbol of love... It is a sign of passion and strong emotion which surely signifies the carver’s depth of feeling for his beloved."
museum.wales/blog/1894/Lo...
#Wales
Love tokens | Museum Wales
To celebrate St. Valentine’s day, and the recent St. Dwynwen's day, here are images of items ...
museum.wales
January 25, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus 💞
Here's a blogpost about Welsh tokens of love 🏴
"The heart is the universal symbol of love... It is a sign of passion and strong emotion which surely signifies the carver’s depth of feeling for his beloved."
museum.wales/blog/1894/Lo...
#Wales
Here's a blogpost about Welsh tokens of love 🏴
"The heart is the universal symbol of love... It is a sign of passion and strong emotion which surely signifies the carver’s depth of feeling for his beloved."
museum.wales/blog/1894/Lo...
#Wales
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The story of a love letter from the Amgueddfa Cymru collections 💌
Sarah was 20 years old when she received the letter. She fell in love with a butcher and they kept a public house together 🍻
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/my-dearest...
#Wales #History
Sarah was 20 years old when she received the letter. She fell in love with a butcher and they kept a public house together 🍻
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/my-dearest...
#Wales #History
'My dearest Sarah' | A Bridgend Love Letter.
While going through the National Museum of Wales Collections, I came across a love-letter.
hellohistoria.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:55 AM
The story of a love letter from the Amgueddfa Cymru collections 💌
Sarah was 20 years old when she received the letter. She fell in love with a butcher and they kept a public house together 🍻
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/my-dearest...
#Wales #History
Sarah was 20 years old when she received the letter. She fell in love with a butcher and they kept a public house together 🍻
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/my-dearest...
#Wales #History
Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus 💞
Here's a blogpost about Welsh tokens of love 🏴
"The heart is the universal symbol of love... It is a sign of passion and strong emotion which surely signifies the carver’s depth of feeling for his beloved."
museum.wales/blog/1894/Lo...
#Wales
Here's a blogpost about Welsh tokens of love 🏴
"The heart is the universal symbol of love... It is a sign of passion and strong emotion which surely signifies the carver’s depth of feeling for his beloved."
museum.wales/blog/1894/Lo...
#Wales
Love tokens | Museum Wales
To celebrate St. Valentine’s day, and the recent St. Dwynwen's day, here are images of items ...
museum.wales
January 25, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus 💞
Here's a blogpost about Welsh tokens of love 🏴
"The heart is the universal symbol of love... It is a sign of passion and strong emotion which surely signifies the carver’s depth of feeling for his beloved."
museum.wales/blog/1894/Lo...
#Wales
Here's a blogpost about Welsh tokens of love 🏴
"The heart is the universal symbol of love... It is a sign of passion and strong emotion which surely signifies the carver’s depth of feeling for his beloved."
museum.wales/blog/1894/Lo...
#Wales
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Murder in Meldreth!
Discover the tragedic 1904 murder of Georgina Rodgers at The Gables, Meldreth, in our latest guest article, from Meldreth Local History Group. Reported extensively in the local press, it was also reported as far afield as Australia.
💻 www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/post/murder-...
Discover the tragedic 1904 murder of Georgina Rodgers at The Gables, Meldreth, in our latest guest article, from Meldreth Local History Group. Reported extensively in the local press, it was also reported as far afield as Australia.
💻 www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/post/murder-...
January 22, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Murder in Meldreth!
Discover the tragedic 1904 murder of Georgina Rodgers at The Gables, Meldreth, in our latest guest article, from Meldreth Local History Group. Reported extensively in the local press, it was also reported as far afield as Australia.
💻 www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/post/murder-...
Discover the tragedic 1904 murder of Georgina Rodgers at The Gables, Meldreth, in our latest guest article, from Meldreth Local History Group. Reported extensively in the local press, it was also reported as far afield as Australia.
💻 www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/post/murder-...
#NationalHandwritingDay ✍️🏻
In this blogpost, I explore the life of Elizabeth Martin, an 18th-century woman with "meticulous" handwriting ✍️🏻
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/the-carefu...
#Wales #History
In this blogpost, I explore the life of Elizabeth Martin, an 18th-century woman with "meticulous" handwriting ✍️🏻
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/the-carefu...
#Wales #History
The Careful Housewife | Elizabeth Martin
In this blogpost I explore the life of Elizabeth Martin an 18th-century woman with "meticulous" handwriting.
hellohistoria.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:53 PM
#NationalHandwritingDay ✍️🏻
In this blogpost, I explore the life of Elizabeth Martin, an 18th-century woman with "meticulous" handwriting ✍️🏻
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/the-carefu...
#Wales #History
In this blogpost, I explore the life of Elizabeth Martin, an 18th-century woman with "meticulous" handwriting ✍️🏻
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/the-carefu...
#Wales #History
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I've just been reminded of this. I've never corrected someone so fast in my life.
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I've just been reminded of this. I've never corrected someone so fast in my life.
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"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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Glowsoch chi ein Swyddog Enwau Lleoedd yn trafod ffurfiau seisnigedig enwau lleoedd ar Radio Cymru? Bu'n esbonio sut mae ffurfiau seisnigedig yn datblygu, a sôn am yr enghreifftiau lle mae enwau gwreiddiol Saesneg yng Nghymru wedi cael eu Cymreigio. Gallwch wrando'n ôl ar zurl.co/aAcYE
Dros Ginio - Dewi Llwyd yn cyflwyno - BBC Sounds
Catch up on your favourite BBC radio show from your favourite DJ right here, whenever you like. Listen without limits with BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Glowsoch chi ein Swyddog Enwau Lleoedd yn trafod ffurfiau seisnigedig enwau lleoedd ar Radio Cymru? Bu'n esbonio sut mae ffurfiau seisnigedig yn datblygu, a sôn am yr enghreifftiau lle mae enwau gwreiddiol Saesneg yng Nghymru wedi cael eu Cymreigio. Gallwch wrando'n ôl ar zurl.co/aAcYE
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A reminder that racist historian David Starkey, said in 2020:
"Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain would there? An awful lot of them survived."
He's speaking at this year's How The Light Gets In festival.
"Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain would there? An awful lot of them survived."
He's speaking at this year's How The Light Gets In festival.
January 23, 2026 at 11:40 AM
A reminder that racist historian David Starkey, said in 2020:
"Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain would there? An awful lot of them survived."
He's speaking at this year's How The Light Gets In festival.
"Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain would there? An awful lot of them survived."
He's speaking at this year's How The Light Gets In festival.
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This week's Friday murder is FREE TO READ. It was part of the recent lecture I gave at @vaughancoop.bsky.social. I rarely get the chance to fully flesh out cases when I include them in a talk, no time.
So here is a story that asks an important question.
When is insanity legally exculpatory?
So here is a story that asks an important question.
When is insanity legally exculpatory?
January 23, 2026 at 11:57 AM
This week's Friday murder is FREE TO READ. It was part of the recent lecture I gave at @vaughancoop.bsky.social. I rarely get the chance to fully flesh out cases when I include them in a talk, no time.
So here is a story that asks an important question.
When is insanity legally exculpatory?
So here is a story that asks an important question.
When is insanity legally exculpatory?
Reposted by Louvain Rees ⚰️
You can read the WHOLE STORY FOR FREE HERE, please share with your mates.
sophiemhistory.substack.com/p/delusion-o...
sophiemhistory.substack.com/p/delusion-o...
Delusion or Vengeance?
The blurry lines of medico-legal insanity
sophiemhistory.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:44 PM
You can read the WHOLE STORY FOR FREE HERE, please share with your mates.
sophiemhistory.substack.com/p/delusion-o...
sophiemhistory.substack.com/p/delusion-o...
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First archive visit of 2026 ✨️📚
A productive day at Glamorgan Archives looking at documents relating to Glamorgan County Asylum and Cholera 🔍
Here's a glimpse of what I looked at ✨️
• Patient Casefiles
• Aberdare Board of Health
• Medical Journals
• Merthyr Cholera Committee
#Wales #History
A productive day at Glamorgan Archives looking at documents relating to Glamorgan County Asylum and Cholera 🔍
Here's a glimpse of what I looked at ✨️
• Patient Casefiles
• Aberdare Board of Health
• Medical Journals
• Merthyr Cholera Committee
#Wales #History
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Hidden Treasures: The Brent Eleigh Retable
This exquisite early 14th-century wall painting at Brent Eleigh (Suffolk) lay hidden behind a Victorian reredos until its discovery in 1961.
This exquisite early 14th-century wall painting at Brent Eleigh (Suffolk) lay hidden behind a Victorian reredos until its discovery in 1961.
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Hidden Treasures: The Brent Eleigh Retable
This exquisite early 14th-century wall painting at Brent Eleigh (Suffolk) lay hidden behind a Victorian reredos until its discovery in 1961.
This exquisite early 14th-century wall painting at Brent Eleigh (Suffolk) lay hidden behind a Victorian reredos until its discovery in 1961.
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Bestiary Beasts at Baptism
This unusual carved font at Melbury Bubb (Dorset) brings medieval bestiaries to life in stone. Dating to the late Anglo-Saxon period, it shows allegorical animals that would have taught baptismal candidates about good and evil.
This unusual carved font at Melbury Bubb (Dorset) brings medieval bestiaries to life in stone. Dating to the late Anglo-Saxon period, it shows allegorical animals that would have taught baptismal candidates about good and evil.
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Bestiary Beasts at Baptism
This unusual carved font at Melbury Bubb (Dorset) brings medieval bestiaries to life in stone. Dating to the late Anglo-Saxon period, it shows allegorical animals that would have taught baptismal candidates about good and evil.
This unusual carved font at Melbury Bubb (Dorset) brings medieval bestiaries to life in stone. Dating to the late Anglo-Saxon period, it shows allegorical animals that would have taught baptismal candidates about good and evil.
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Bill Richmond and Tom Molineaux are to be honoured with a blue plaque in London after years of lobbying by Black History Walks 🥊👊🏾🍻
Please join us at UCL’s large auditorium, the Cruciform Building, London, 15 April 2026, 6.30pm. Tickets are free!
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/22/c...
Please join us at UCL’s large auditorium, the Cruciform Building, London, 15 April 2026, 6.30pm. Tickets are free!
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/22/c...
Champion Black Boxers and Businessmen in 1800s London – A Tribute to Bill Richmond and Tom Molineaux – 15 April, UCL
I’m really proud to be sitting on a panel at an event to mark the granting of permission for a plaque to honour early-1800s African-American boxers Bill Richmond and Tom Molineaux.
grapplingwithhistory.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Bill Richmond and Tom Molineaux are to be honoured with a blue plaque in London after years of lobbying by Black History Walks 🥊👊🏾🍻
Please join us at UCL’s large auditorium, the Cruciform Building, London, 15 April 2026, 6.30pm. Tickets are free!
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/22/c...
Please join us at UCL’s large auditorium, the Cruciform Building, London, 15 April 2026, 6.30pm. Tickets are free!
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/22/c...
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I'm no Georgian boxing OR Molineaux and Richmond expert (the rest of the speakers are!) but will be contributing some 70yrs later #AThousandBlows Black boxers in 1880s London chat at the end - the real Hezekiah Moscow and Alec Munroe etc. Can't wait.
V. IMPORTANT:
www.gofundme.com/f/blue-plaqu...
V. IMPORTANT:
www.gofundme.com/f/blue-plaqu...
Donate to Blue Plaque to honour Bill Richmond and Tom Molyneaux, organized by Black History Walks
200 years ago African-Americans, Bill Richmond and Tom Moline… Black History Walks needs your support for Blue Plaque to honour Bill Richmond and Tom Molyneaux
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I'm no Georgian boxing OR Molineaux and Richmond expert (the rest of the speakers are!) but will be contributing some 70yrs later #AThousandBlows Black boxers in 1880s London chat at the end - the real Hezekiah Moscow and Alec Munroe etc. Can't wait.
V. IMPORTANT:
www.gofundme.com/f/blue-plaqu...
V. IMPORTANT:
www.gofundme.com/f/blue-plaqu...
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Celebrating the forthcoming blue plaque to Tom Molineaux and Bill Richmond at the National Gallery, I'm proud to be joining a panel with Tony Warner (Black History Walks), Roberto Nigro, Luke G. Williams & S.I Martin at UCL! 👊 Apr 15 - FREE tix #AThousandBlows
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/champion-b...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/champion-b...
January 22, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Celebrating the forthcoming blue plaque to Tom Molineaux and Bill Richmond at the National Gallery, I'm proud to be joining a panel with Tony Warner (Black History Walks), Roberto Nigro, Luke G. Williams & S.I Martin at UCL! 👊 Apr 15 - FREE tix #AThousandBlows
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/champion-b...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/champion-b...
A snippet from 125 years ago!
A Bridgend man has forgotten the name of his wife 🧠
The Star • 1901 📰
@findmypast.bsky.social
#Wales #History
A Bridgend man has forgotten the name of his wife 🧠
The Star • 1901 📰
@findmypast.bsky.social
#Wales #History
January 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM
A snippet from 125 years ago!
A Bridgend man has forgotten the name of his wife 🧠
The Star • 1901 📰
@findmypast.bsky.social
#Wales #History
A Bridgend man has forgotten the name of his wife 🧠
The Star • 1901 📰
@findmypast.bsky.social
#Wales #History
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@hallierubenhold.bsky.social: ‘History is meant to be rewritten – it’s not fixed’.
The author on challenging our perceptions of true crime, restoring the reputations of maligned women and being trolled by Ripperologists.
✍️ @timadamswrites.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3YPgy1K
The author on challenging our perceptions of true crime, restoring the reputations of maligned women and being trolled by Ripperologists.
✍️ @timadamswrites.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3YPgy1K
Hallie Rubenhold: ‘History is meant to be rewritten – it'...
The author of The Five and Story of a Murder on challenging our perceptions of true crime, restoring the reputations of maligned women and being trolled by Ripperologists
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 4:52 PM
@hallierubenhold.bsky.social: ‘History is meant to be rewritten – it’s not fixed’.
The author on challenging our perceptions of true crime, restoring the reputations of maligned women and being trolled by Ripperologists.
✍️ @timadamswrites.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3YPgy1K
The author on challenging our perceptions of true crime, restoring the reputations of maligned women and being trolled by Ripperologists.
✍️ @timadamswrites.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3YPgy1K
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Only a few decades ago, this humble Yorkshire chapel faced the prospect of demolition. This is the chapel of ease in Thornton-le-Beans, which had an uncertain future after being declared redundant in 1997.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Only a few decades ago, this humble Yorkshire chapel faced the prospect of demolition. This is the chapel of ease in Thornton-le-Beans, which had an uncertain future after being declared redundant in 1997.
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An early example of a breast pump. The glass vacuum cup screws into the cylinder pump for use and has a small release valve to control pressure. There are no manufacturer markings, but it is similar to one shown in S Maw & Sons catalogue of 1866.
January 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
An early example of a breast pump. The glass vacuum cup screws into the cylinder pump for use and has a small release valve to control pressure. There are no manufacturer markings, but it is similar to one shown in S Maw & Sons catalogue of 1866.
Reposted by Louvain Rees ⚰️
This week is #CervicalCancerPreventionWeek. This cancer is highly preventable in the present day, because we know a lot about its cause: this horrid little dude, human papillomavirus (HPV). With what we know about HPV and its link to cervical cancer, eliminating the disease is possible...
January 20, 2026 at 11:32 AM
This week is #CervicalCancerPreventionWeek. This cancer is highly preventable in the present day, because we know a lot about its cause: this horrid little dude, human papillomavirus (HPV). With what we know about HPV and its link to cervical cancer, eliminating the disease is possible...
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Saints and Ladders
This remarkable monument at Chillingham (Northumberland, c.1450) tells the story of Sir Ralph and Lady Elizabeth Grey through stone, paint, and symbolism that survives against all odds.
This remarkable monument at Chillingham (Northumberland, c.1450) tells the story of Sir Ralph and Lady Elizabeth Grey through stone, paint, and symbolism that survives against all odds.
January 20, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Saints and Ladders
This remarkable monument at Chillingham (Northumberland, c.1450) tells the story of Sir Ralph and Lady Elizabeth Grey through stone, paint, and symbolism that survives against all odds.
This remarkable monument at Chillingham (Northumberland, c.1450) tells the story of Sir Ralph and Lady Elizabeth Grey through stone, paint, and symbolism that survives against all odds.