Sarah Elizabeth Cox
@oispooky.bsky.social
🥊 1880s boxing+wrestling historian
📕 THE DEVIL'S DANCE FLOOR (Duckworth, 2027)
✍🏻 Hezekiah Moscow, Alec Munroe, Sugar Goodson, Wannop, Smith, Ball &c.
🤜🏻 Advisor #AThousandBlows
👩🏻💻 PR @britsciassoc.bsky.social
🏖️ Clacton 🖤
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
📕 THE DEVIL'S DANCE FLOOR (Duckworth, 2027)
✍🏻 Hezekiah Moscow, Alec Munroe, Sugar Goodson, Wannop, Smith, Ball &c.
🤜🏻 Advisor #AThousandBlows
👩🏻💻 PR @britsciassoc.bsky.social
🏖️ Clacton 🖤
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
Pinned
It's been nearly seven years since I first started researching and sharing Hezekiah Moscow's story on my blog. Now just over a year until my book is published. Back to writing tonight! If you enjoy/ed #AThousandBlows, please buy THE DEVIL'S DANCE FLOOR next year, eh 🥊✌🏻
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
Reposted by Sarah Elizabeth Cox
Join us (and SIR MICHAEL PALIN) at the British Library 18-19 April! Go go go for tickets. £35 for a full day (four talks / panels) or £55 for both days. Or all online too >>
histfest.org/histfest-2026
More speakers to be announced soon.
@rebeccarideal.bsky.social is SO GOOD at this!!!
📜🏳️🌈🗺️🛶🤰🏽
histfest.org/histfest-2026
More speakers to be announced soon.
@rebeccarideal.bsky.social is SO GOOD at this!!!
📜🏳️🌈🗺️🛶🤰🏽
HistFest is back!
We’re thrilled to share details of HistFest 2026. From Ancient Greek naval commanders and Egyptian queens to the history of motherhood and LGBTQ+ social histories – this year, we bring you a raft of fascinating histories and speakers.
Book now! histfest.org/histfest-2026/
We’re thrilled to share details of HistFest 2026. From Ancient Greek naval commanders and Egyptian queens to the history of motherhood and LGBTQ+ social histories – this year, we bring you a raft of fascinating histories and speakers.
Book now! histfest.org/histfest-2026/
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Join us (and SIR MICHAEL PALIN) at the British Library 18-19 April! Go go go for tickets. £35 for a full day (four talks / panels) or £55 for both days. Or all online too >>
histfest.org/histfest-2026
More speakers to be announced soon.
@rebeccarideal.bsky.social is SO GOOD at this!!!
📜🏳️🌈🗺️🛶🤰🏽
histfest.org/histfest-2026
More speakers to be announced soon.
@rebeccarideal.bsky.social is SO GOOD at this!!!
📜🏳️🌈🗺️🛶🤰🏽
Reposted by Sarah Elizabeth Cox
Michael Palin was an ABSOLUTE HERO of my youth. His travel programmes used to make me wish he was our head of state.
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Michael Palin was an ABSOLUTE HERO of my youth. His travel programmes used to make me wish he was our head of state.
Join us (and SIR MICHAEL PALIN) at the British Library 18-19 April! Go go go for tickets. £35 for a full day (four talks / panels) or £55 for both days. Or all online too >>
histfest.org/histfest-2026
More speakers to be announced soon.
@rebeccarideal.bsky.social is SO GOOD at this!!!
📜🏳️🌈🗺️🛶🤰🏽
histfest.org/histfest-2026
More speakers to be announced soon.
@rebeccarideal.bsky.social is SO GOOD at this!!!
📜🏳️🌈🗺️🛶🤰🏽
HistFest is back!
We’re thrilled to share details of HistFest 2026. From Ancient Greek naval commanders and Egyptian queens to the history of motherhood and LGBTQ+ social histories – this year, we bring you a raft of fascinating histories and speakers.
Book now! histfest.org/histfest-2026/
We’re thrilled to share details of HistFest 2026. From Ancient Greek naval commanders and Egyptian queens to the history of motherhood and LGBTQ+ social histories – this year, we bring you a raft of fascinating histories and speakers.
Book now! histfest.org/histfest-2026/
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Join us (and SIR MICHAEL PALIN) at the British Library 18-19 April! Go go go for tickets. £35 for a full day (four talks / panels) or £55 for both days. Or all online too >>
histfest.org/histfest-2026
More speakers to be announced soon.
@rebeccarideal.bsky.social is SO GOOD at this!!!
📜🏳️🌈🗺️🛶🤰🏽
histfest.org/histfest-2026
More speakers to be announced soon.
@rebeccarideal.bsky.social is SO GOOD at this!!!
📜🏳️🌈🗺️🛶🤰🏽
The absolute state of this 😆🥊
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 AM
The absolute state of this 😆🥊
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NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
There's a man on there currently offering a book called 'The Craft and Making of A Thousand Blows - a Fan's Guide to Season One and Two'.
Season Two came out 12 days ago. I'm sure his depth of research and quality of writing is excellent 😂👊🏻
Season Two came out 12 days ago. I'm sure his depth of research and quality of writing is excellent 😂👊🏻
January 21, 2026 at 9:19 AM
There's a man on there currently offering a book called 'The Craft and Making of A Thousand Blows - a Fan's Guide to Season One and Two'.
Season Two came out 12 days ago. I'm sure his depth of research and quality of writing is excellent 😂👊🏻
Season Two came out 12 days ago. I'm sure his depth of research and quality of writing is excellent 😂👊🏻
Reposted by Sarah Elizabeth Cox
In just 10 days, 10,000 people around the world Googled 'Hezekiah Moscow true story' or words to that effect and found their way to my original research blogs. Makes my heart happy that so many care for him! If only my book publisher had a pre-sale link... 😅
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/09/s...
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/09/s...
Season Two of A Thousand Blows Vs The Real Hezekiah Moscow and Sugar Goodson
In what is essentially an interview with myself, you will find the answers to some questions you might have about season two of A Thousand Blows and what actually happened to the real Hezekiah Mosc…
grapplingwithhistory.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM
In just 10 days, 10,000 people around the world Googled 'Hezekiah Moscow true story' or words to that effect and found their way to my original research blogs. Makes my heart happy that so many care for him! If only my book publisher had a pre-sale link... 😅
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/09/s...
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/09/s...
This!!!
That’s awesome!
Lost track of the number of times I’ve been told “nobody really knows that person” as a rejection to a historical pitch. And I’m like “yeah… which is why we should write it.” 🤷♂️
Lost track of the number of times I’ve been told “nobody really knows that person” as a rejection to a historical pitch. And I’m like “yeah… which is why we should write it.” 🤷♂️
January 20, 2026 at 7:40 PM
This!!!
In just 10 days, 10,000 people around the world Googled 'Hezekiah Moscow true story' or words to that effect and found their way to my original research blogs. Makes my heart happy that so many care for him! If only my book publisher had a pre-sale link... 😅
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/09/s...
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/09/s...
Season Two of A Thousand Blows Vs The Real Hezekiah Moscow and Sugar Goodson
In what is essentially an interview with myself, you will find the answers to some questions you might have about season two of A Thousand Blows and what actually happened to the real Hezekiah Mosc…
grapplingwithhistory.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM
In just 10 days, 10,000 people around the world Googled 'Hezekiah Moscow true story' or words to that effect and found their way to my original research blogs. Makes my heart happy that so many care for him! If only my book publisher had a pre-sale link... 😅
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/09/s...
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/09/s...
Reposted by Sarah Elizabeth Cox
A Thousand Blows season 2 is magnificent. UK y'all gotta give Malachi Kirby and Erin Dougherty whatever Emmy type shit y'all got over there
January 18, 2026 at 12:18 AM
A Thousand Blows season 2 is magnificent. UK y'all gotta give Malachi Kirby and Erin Dougherty whatever Emmy type shit y'all got over there
Jem Smith's main problem, other than his short little arms haha, is that he was a white guy in 1880s London called James Smith, who had a wife called Ann Smith then another wife called Mary Ann Smith. So a TOUGH research ask for personal life details!
Ann though.. we have a bit. A v. sad story.
Ann though.. we have a bit. A v. sad story.
Returning this week to working on Jem Smith for my book, and it's funny how many times boxing journalists 100+ years ago referred to him as having stubby short little arms (not ideal for a boxer, post-bareknuckle era). I've studied his photo many, many, times... can't say I even noticed. Hmm.
January 20, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Jem Smith's main problem, other than his short little arms haha, is that he was a white guy in 1880s London called James Smith, who had a wife called Ann Smith then another wife called Mary Ann Smith. So a TOUGH research ask for personal life details!
Ann though.. we have a bit. A v. sad story.
Ann though.. we have a bit. A v. sad story.
😜
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
😜
Reposted by Sarah Elizabeth Cox
Pearce puts the multi into multi-hyphenate sportsman: baseball, jockey (probably), pedestrian, cyclist, runner, boxer. And one of the first, if not the first, Black pros racing in England (I've found only one other Black cyclist in the UK then, a lad from Jamaica riding with a club near Newcastle.)
An 1890 National Police Gazette woodcut of Illinois-born boxer (& baseballer, race-walker) Albert Pearce, a man @cycologies.com and I believe to be the first Black cyclist in UK competitions after arriving in 1882. He was blinded boxing in his 30s and died in middle age at Fulham Workhouse, London 💔
January 20, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Pearce puts the multi into multi-hyphenate sportsman: baseball, jockey (probably), pedestrian, cyclist, runner, boxer. And one of the first, if not the first, Black pros racing in England (I've found only one other Black cyclist in the UK then, a lad from Jamaica riding with a club near Newcastle.)
Returning this week to working on Jem Smith for my book, and it's funny how many times boxing journalists 100+ years ago referred to him as having stubby short little arms (not ideal for a boxer, post-bareknuckle era). I've studied his photo many, many, times... can't say I even noticed. Hmm.
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Returning this week to working on Jem Smith for my book, and it's funny how many times boxing journalists 100+ years ago referred to him as having stubby short little arms (not ideal for a boxer, post-bareknuckle era). I've studied his photo many, many, times... can't say I even noticed. Hmm.
Reposted by Sarah Elizabeth Cox
Have found a girlfriend in room 212. Our room is 201. Had pheasant last night.
January 20, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Have found a girlfriend in room 212. Our room is 201. Had pheasant last night.
Big well done to me for forgetting the Alt Text on the picture illustrating a story about a blind boxer. Sorry, it was 6am posting. Now with:
January 20, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Big well done to me for forgetting the Alt Text on the picture illustrating a story about a blind boxer. Sorry, it was 6am posting. Now with:
An 1890 National Police Gazette woodcut of Illinois-born boxer (& baseballer, race-walker) Albert Pearce, a man @cycologies.com and I believe to be the first Black cyclist in UK competitions after arriving in 1882. He was blinded boxing in his 30s and died in middle age at Fulham Workhouse, London 💔
January 20, 2026 at 6:22 AM
An 1890 National Police Gazette woodcut of Illinois-born boxer (& baseballer, race-walker) Albert Pearce, a man @cycologies.com and I believe to be the first Black cyclist in UK competitions after arriving in 1882. He was blinded boxing in his 30s and died in middle age at Fulham Workhouse, London 💔
This is what I have been working on at the main job. In fact, I wrote the post below. It has loads of findings in it and many of them are quite interesting and very informative! Will be on the Ipsos and www.britishscienceassociation.org websites tomorrow.
👩🏻💻🧫👨🏽🔬🗞️
👩🏻💻🧫👨🏽🔬🗞️
January 19, 2026 at 7:47 PM
This is what I have been working on at the main job. In fact, I wrote the post below. It has loads of findings in it and many of them are quite interesting and very informative! Will be on the Ipsos and www.britishscienceassociation.org websites tomorrow.
👩🏻💻🧫👨🏽🔬🗞️
👩🏻💻🧫👨🏽🔬🗞️
Reposted by Sarah Elizabeth Cox
My recent feature for The Voice on the TRUE story of Hezekiah Moscow #AThousandBlows is now online! Just a quick 800 words, nowhere near enough to explain this remarkable man 🥊
Book coming (many thousands of words, probably still not enough!) in ONE YEAR:
www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainmen...
Book coming (many thousands of words, probably still not enough!) in ONE YEAR:
www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainmen...
The remarkable story of boxer Hezekiah Moscow - Voice Online
Disney drama A Thousand Blows is back for round two as it explores the fascinating life of the enigmatic Jamaican fighter. By Sarah Elizabeth Cox
www.voice-online.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 10:51 AM
My recent feature for The Voice on the TRUE story of Hezekiah Moscow #AThousandBlows is now online! Just a quick 800 words, nowhere near enough to explain this remarkable man 🥊
Book coming (many thousands of words, probably still not enough!) in ONE YEAR:
www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainmen...
Book coming (many thousands of words, probably still not enough!) in ONE YEAR:
www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainmen...
Reposted by Sarah Elizabeth Cox
Nigel Farage - an evil version of that trustee that sends in the annoying emails but never makes it to a meeting.
January 18, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Nigel Farage - an evil version of that trustee that sends in the annoying emails but never makes it to a meeting.
Bigger than Bluey still making me laugh. I'd be bragging hard about it in the mum group WhatsApp if I was in a mum group WhatsApp, which I'm not thank goodness.
January 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Bigger than Bluey still making me laugh. I'd be bragging hard about it in the mum group WhatsApp if I was in a mum group WhatsApp, which I'm not thank goodness.
There are certain 'party lines' shared by cast, crew, and 'creator' about Mr Moscow in #AThousandBlows media interviews which are not correct, and I've sadly been ignored when I've tried to correct them. It's such a shame. The real fella was as interesting, and his life just as dramatic, as fiction.
My recent feature for The Voice on the TRUE story of Hezekiah Moscow #AThousandBlows is now online! Just a quick 800 words, nowhere near enough to explain this remarkable man 🥊
Book coming (many thousands of words, probably still not enough!) in ONE YEAR:
www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainmen...
Book coming (many thousands of words, probably still not enough!) in ONE YEAR:
www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainmen...
The remarkable story of boxer Hezekiah Moscow - Voice Online
Disney drama A Thousand Blows is back for round two as it explores the fascinating life of the enigmatic Jamaican fighter. By Sarah Elizabeth Cox
www.voice-online.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 11:07 AM
There are certain 'party lines' shared by cast, crew, and 'creator' about Mr Moscow in #AThousandBlows media interviews which are not correct, and I've sadly been ignored when I've tried to correct them. It's such a shame. The real fella was as interesting, and his life just as dramatic, as fiction.
My recent feature for The Voice on the TRUE story of Hezekiah Moscow #AThousandBlows is now online! Just a quick 800 words, nowhere near enough to explain this remarkable man 🥊
Book coming (many thousands of words, probably still not enough!) in ONE YEAR:
www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainmen...
Book coming (many thousands of words, probably still not enough!) in ONE YEAR:
www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainmen...
The remarkable story of boxer Hezekiah Moscow - Voice Online
Disney drama A Thousand Blows is back for round two as it explores the fascinating life of the enigmatic Jamaican fighter. By Sarah Elizabeth Cox
www.voice-online.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 10:51 AM
My recent feature for The Voice on the TRUE story of Hezekiah Moscow #AThousandBlows is now online! Just a quick 800 words, nowhere near enough to explain this remarkable man 🥊
Book coming (many thousands of words, probably still not enough!) in ONE YEAR:
www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainmen...
Book coming (many thousands of words, probably still not enough!) in ONE YEAR:
www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainmen...
Reposted by Sarah Elizabeth Cox
Farage looked ok to me on Saturday, (well perhaps not sartorially) and he’s flown to Davos today to hang with the shady globalist elites. Must have been one of those 24 hour bugs…
Yesterday around 11am 🐔
As an aside, CHRIST that suit 😂
As an aside, CHRIST that suit 😂
January 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Farage looked ok to me on Saturday, (well perhaps not sartorially) and he’s flown to Davos today to hang with the shady globalist elites. Must have been one of those 24 hour bugs…
Working in Clacton Library as internet still dodgy at home. Most desks and shared PCs taken by 9.20am and they're about to knock it down and leave everyone without for two years. The nearest one is over an hour walk at my speed, with no bus. Big well done to the council and University of Essex! Ggr.
January 19, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Working in Clacton Library as internet still dodgy at home. Most desks and shared PCs taken by 9.20am and they're about to knock it down and leave everyone without for two years. The nearest one is over an hour walk at my speed, with no bus. Big well done to the council and University of Essex! Ggr.