Sophie Michell
@sophiemhistory.bsky.social
Death and crime historian, family researcher, teller of tales.
Open Uni PhD candidate writing about inquests in the 19thC
Open Uni PhD candidate writing about inquests in the 19thC
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Hello new followers. I am an OOC funded PhD candidate at the Open University working on 19thC English inquests from a criminal justice/social history/microhistory perspective.
I'm in my final year so expect increasingly fraught blathering.
I'm in my final year so expect increasingly fraught blathering.
VICTORIAN NAME OF THE WEEK
Haddock Firman
(1840-1921)
Haddock Firman
(1840-1921)
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
VICTORIAN NAME OF THE WEEK
Haddock Firman
(1840-1921)
Haddock Firman
(1840-1921)
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STUART NAME OF THE WEEK
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
STUART NAME OF THE WEEK
GEORGIAN NAME OF THE WEEK!
Queen Onion
(c.1770-1829)
Queen Onion
(c.1770-1829)
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
GEORGIAN NAME OF THE WEEK!
Queen Onion
(c.1770-1829)
Queen Onion
(c.1770-1829)
ALEXA IS HERE
(avec les chats)
(avec les chats)
Edward: "You're not getting out of this bed until you've written 500 words... and I'm done napping on you." #motivational
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
ALEXA IS HERE
(avec les chats)
(avec les chats)
You know how the rule is that you have to share that Tom Holland Umbrella dance every time you see it?
This is the oldhammer equivalent.
God, I made SO MANY of these back in the 90s with my dad. Went and bought plasticard girders/I-Beams so I could make multi-level ones too.
This is the oldhammer equivalent.
God, I made SO MANY of these back in the 90s with my dad. Went and bought plasticard girders/I-Beams so I could make multi-level ones too.
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I’ve got a very angry trigeminal nerve and I haven’t been able to do anything since 3am except cry and shovel drugs in. A Strictly Battle Royale would help.
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I’ve got a very angry trigeminal nerve and I haven’t been able to do anything since 3am except cry and shovel drugs in. A Strictly Battle Royale would help.
Talked to my youngest about the potential for a Strictly All Stars and he said he would prefer a Strictly Losers Melee
And he is right to be a little chaos imp
And he is right to be a little chaos imp
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Talked to my youngest about the potential for a Strictly All Stars and he said he would prefer a Strictly Losers Melee
And he is right to be a little chaos imp
And he is right to be a little chaos imp
Anyway, I spent two hours in Köln Dom yesterday because we arrived halfway through a High Mass. There is nothing like a cathedral organ to stir the soul.
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Anyway, I spent two hours in Köln Dom yesterday because we arrived halfway through a High Mass. There is nothing like a cathedral organ to stir the soul.
Told my mate about the Hanseatic League and she asked if it was in the Marvel Universe
I would support a film series about the Hanseatic League
I would support a film series about the Hanseatic League
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Told my mate about the Hanseatic League and she asked if it was in the Marvel Universe
I would support a film series about the Hanseatic League
I would support a film series about the Hanseatic League
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What a way to go 😱 🐟
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What a way to go 😱 🐟
St Pancras is like the last fucking days of Rome.
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
St Pancras is like the last fucking days of Rome.
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
I am in Köln, I don’t drink beer, the waiters are offended
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I am in Köln, I don’t drink beer, the waiters are offended
It is always about having one, incredibly narrow definition of womanhood that puts us as pretty little walking wombs
I'm not going to share Stock's Unherd article. But here's the important part: "Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes."
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It is always about having one, incredibly narrow definition of womanhood that puts us as pretty little walking wombs
I am off on an adventure to somewhere I have never been today…
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I am off on an adventure to somewhere I have never been today…
All the meals are fruit, just absolute bowel carnage
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
All the meals are fruit, just absolute bowel carnage
The mad fruit people flogging their fruity slave labour have made my morning and it’s barely 7am
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The mad fruit people flogging their fruity slave labour have made my morning and it’s barely 7am
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hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay
My son has VOLUNTARILY gone to do cross country in this weather
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My son has VOLUNTARILY gone to do cross country in this weather
Bloody hell lads, would you look at that...
NB: not the final draft, still got a month to final submission
NB: not the final draft, still got a month to final submission
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Bloody hell lads, would you look at that...
NB: not the final draft, still got a month to final submission
NB: not the final draft, still got a month to final submission
Reposted by Sophie Michell
A hard read, but an important one.
‘Possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history’: the inside story of the Medomsley scandal
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history’: the inside story of the Medomsley scandal
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history’: the inside story of the Medomsley scandal
At a youth detention centre in north-east England, the paedophile Neville Husband raped and assaulted countless boys. Why was his reign of terror allowed to go on – and why hasn’t there been a public ...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A hard read, but an important one.
‘Possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history’: the inside story of the Medomsley scandal
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history’: the inside story of the Medomsley scandal
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Find My Past have changed newspaper searching again, apparently never once considering that you might want to filter your searches as you work
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Find My Past have changed newspaper searching again, apparently never once considering that you might want to filter your searches as you work
Similar are these bone and stone dice from the Grand Harbour of Malta, where the Knights of St John docked their galleys in the 17th & 18th centuries. Likely made by the captives that rowed the ships, they indicate the captives socialised and played games on board.
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It ought to be illegal to include the bibliography in the word-count...
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It ought to be illegal to include the bibliography in the word-count...
THE JOY of writing methodology statements in history. "I read everything and then FIGURED IT OUT"
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
THE JOY of writing methodology statements in history. "I read everything and then FIGURED IT OUT"