Dr Sara Lodge
@victoriandetective.bsky.social
Writer. Latest Book, The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective (Yale UP, 2024). Teach 19thc Lit & Culture at Uni of St Andrews. Writing for a greener world.
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I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social a lot:
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
We are being poisoned every day, so why do we keep voting for more pollution? Ask a lobbyist | George Monbiot
The dirty industries that dominate politics deceive us into accepting dangerous pollutants such as ammonia as part of life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social a lot:
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
My brilliant partner @guyducker.bsky.social has made a film in WW2 style to make us think about what wld have happened if Britain had taken the same complacent attitude to Hitler as it commonly takes to Climate Breakdown, which threatens more lives.
Calling all workers!
I've made a public information film for the Climate Majority Project.
Thank you for your attention - carry on.
I've made a public information film for the Climate Majority Project.
Thank you for your attention - carry on.
Brave climate action for the majority starts with being real about the risks we face & choosing the steps that make us SAFER.
Our short film, directed by award-winning filmmaker Guy Ducker, explores how a nation under threat once found unity, courage, and purpose, and what that could mean today.
Our short film, directed by award-winning filmmaker Guy Ducker, explores how a nation under threat once found unity, courage, and purpose, and what that could mean today.
December 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
My brilliant partner @guyducker.bsky.social has made a film in WW2 style to make us think about what wld have happened if Britain had taken the same complacent attitude to Hitler as it commonly takes to Climate Breakdown, which threatens more lives.
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The Society currently invites applications for its David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.
The Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date: Friday 6 March 2026 #Skystorians
The Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date: Friday 6 March 2026 #Skystorians
David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People - RHS
Launched in 2023, the David Berry Fellowship provides an annual award of up to £2,500 to undertake research on the history of Scotland and the Scottish people worldwide. Applications for the 2026 Fell...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Society currently invites applications for its David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.
The Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date: Friday 6 March 2026 #Skystorians
The Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date: Friday 6 March 2026 #Skystorians
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Delighted to be there for this exciting announcement! Congratulations to Hannah Durkin. 🥂🥂🥂
The winner of the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 is…
Hannah Durkin for 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'. @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social
A big congratulations to Hannah!
Hannah Durkin for 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'. @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social
A big congratulations to Hannah!
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Delighted to be there for this exciting announcement! Congratulations to Hannah Durkin. 🥂🥂🥂
Had a ball at @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
prize celebrations last night. Great to meet @kieranconnell.bsky.social @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social & other luminaries. I said to my partner ‘everyone in the History World was there’ & he thought I said ‘everyone in the History of the World’ - v crowded!
prize celebrations last night. Great to meet @kieranconnell.bsky.social @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social & other luminaries. I said to my partner ‘everyone in the History World was there’ & he thought I said ‘everyone in the History of the World’ - v crowded!
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Had a ball at @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
prize celebrations last night. Great to meet @kieranconnell.bsky.social @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social & other luminaries. I said to my partner ‘everyone in the History World was there’ & he thought I said ‘everyone in the History of the World’ - v crowded!
prize celebrations last night. Great to meet @kieranconnell.bsky.social @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social & other luminaries. I said to my partner ‘everyone in the History World was there’ & he thought I said ‘everyone in the History of the World’ - v crowded!
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"History has never been more important than it is in the current moment."
'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' by @victoriandetective.bsky.social is shortlisted for the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize. @yalebooks.bsky.social
'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' by @victoriandetective.bsky.social is shortlisted for the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize. @yalebooks.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"History has never been more important than it is in the current moment."
'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' by @victoriandetective.bsky.social is shortlisted for the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize. @yalebooks.bsky.social
'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' by @victoriandetective.bsky.social is shortlisted for the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize. @yalebooks.bsky.social
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"Why had the character of the professional Victorian female detective suddenly materialised, then vanished?"
Read an extract from Sara Lodge's (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlisted book 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective'.⬇️
bit.ly/4oJC6rr
Read an extract from Sara Lodge's (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlisted book 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective'.⬇️
bit.ly/4oJC6rr
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"Why had the character of the professional Victorian female detective suddenly materialised, then vanished?"
Read an extract from Sara Lodge's (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlisted book 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective'.⬇️
bit.ly/4oJC6rr
Read an extract from Sara Lodge's (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlisted book 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective'.⬇️
bit.ly/4oJC6rr
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Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
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"An innovative exploration of the roles of women working in policing and private agencies."
The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they have shortlisted 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' by Sara Lodge (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) for the 2025 Wolfson History Prize.
The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they have shortlisted 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' by Sara Lodge (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) for the 2025 Wolfson History Prize.
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"An innovative exploration of the roles of women working in policing and private agencies."
The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they have shortlisted 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' by Sara Lodge (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) for the 2025 Wolfson History Prize.
The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they have shortlisted 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' by Sara Lodge (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) for the 2025 Wolfson History Prize.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
I’m truly honoured to be on this list and looking forward to meeting the other authors on 2nd December.
Yale UP has a 50% off sale this November, so the pbk of my book’s a snip at just under £6. A good stocking filler, & I’m v happy to sign & send!
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @vpfa.bsky.social
Yale UP has a 50% off sale this November, so the pbk of my book’s a snip at just under £6. A good stocking filler, & I’m v happy to sign & send!
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @vpfa.bsky.social
In the lead up to the #WolfsonHistoryPrize winner announcement next month, we are shining a light on each of the shortlisted books.
This week, Sara Lodge's (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' takes the spotlight @yalebooks.bsky.social.
This week, Sara Lodge's (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' takes the spotlight @yalebooks.bsky.social.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I’m truly honoured to be on this list and looking forward to meeting the other authors on 2nd December.
Yale UP has a 50% off sale this November, so the pbk of my book’s a snip at just under £6. A good stocking filler, & I’m v happy to sign & send!
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @vpfa.bsky.social
Yale UP has a 50% off sale this November, so the pbk of my book’s a snip at just under £6. A good stocking filler, & I’m v happy to sign & send!
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @vpfa.bsky.social
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School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
Fantastic show of Emily Kam Kngwarray’s work at Tate Modern. A way of dreaming landscape in its full ecological richness and variety onto fabric and canvas. The patterns we are part of; the colourful, intricate matrices of life.
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Fantastic show of Emily Kam Kngwarray’s work at Tate Modern. A way of dreaming landscape in its full ecological richness and variety onto fabric and canvas. The patterns we are part of; the colourful, intricate matrices of life.
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For anyone who wants to have a listen to my RTE History Show chat last night about the 250,000 Irish Americans who served in the U.S. military during the Civil War, you can now listen to that section of the show here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865
Damian Shiels joins Myles to discuss the Irishmen who fought for the Union in the American Civil War; and whose stories are revealed in forgotten U.S. pension files.
www.rte.ie
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
For anyone who wants to have a listen to my RTE History Show chat last night about the 250,000 Irish Americans who served in the U.S. military during the Civil War, you can now listen to that section of the show here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Our extraordinary winter offer is live - get 50% off thousands of books with free UK postage!
Only available from yalebooks.co.uk in November
Includes all books except those priced £100+, preorders & books published after 31/10/25
Not available N/S America & Australia/NZ
#booksale #universitypress
Only available from yalebooks.co.uk in November
Includes all books except those priced £100+, preorders & books published after 31/10/25
Not available N/S America & Australia/NZ
#booksale #universitypress
November 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Our extraordinary winter offer is live - get 50% off thousands of books with free UK postage!
Only available from yalebooks.co.uk in November
Includes all books except those priced £100+, preorders & books published after 31/10/25
Not available N/S America & Australia/NZ
#booksale #universitypress
Only available from yalebooks.co.uk in November
Includes all books except those priced £100+, preorders & books published after 31/10/25
Not available N/S America & Australia/NZ
#booksale #universitypress
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This #Halloween, Madeleine Vionnet is offering all of the witchy stitches with her 1927 Araignée gown, a pale and ethereal design dripping with a beaded cobweb #madparisfr #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This #Halloween, Madeleine Vionnet is offering all of the witchy stitches with her 1927 Araignée gown, a pale and ethereal design dripping with a beaded cobweb #madparisfr #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Enormous pumpkin spotted today. £150. Big enough to take Cinderella to the ball. But with a green and crocodilian sheen perhaps better suited to becoming a vehicle for the evil stepmother.
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Enormous pumpkin spotted today. £150. Big enough to take Cinderella to the ball. But with a green and crocodilian sheen perhaps better suited to becoming a vehicle for the evil stepmother.
At Glasgow’s Necropolis today, ahead of a warm & lively StoryCafe event at the Women’s Library.
If you’ve never visited, I can highly recommend both places. Lots of great views & well-chosen words. More biscuits at the library, though.
@womenslibrary.bsky.social
If you’ve never visited, I can highly recommend both places. Lots of great views & well-chosen words. More biscuits at the library, though.
@womenslibrary.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
At Glasgow’s Necropolis today, ahead of a warm & lively StoryCafe event at the Women’s Library.
If you’ve never visited, I can highly recommend both places. Lots of great views & well-chosen words. More biscuits at the library, though.
@womenslibrary.bsky.social
If you’ve never visited, I can highly recommend both places. Lots of great views & well-chosen words. More biscuits at the library, though.
@womenslibrary.bsky.social
Sheffield looking exceptionally lovely today. I was speaking at the Off the Shelf Festival of Words. Incredibly well organised and well attended. I can heartily recommend this Octoberfest to writers and readers alike.
October 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sheffield looking exceptionally lovely today. I was speaking at the Off the Shelf Festival of Words. Incredibly well organised and well attended. I can heartily recommend this Octoberfest to writers and readers alike.
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If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).
October 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).
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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
Launch day for the paperback of my book, The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective!
Humbug notes that it makes excellent bedtime reading.
Do you have a book club or local literary/historical society? I could drop by & give a talk or answer questions.
Will be doing a giveaway too.
Humbug notes that it makes excellent bedtime reading.
Do you have a book club or local literary/historical society? I could drop by & give a talk or answer questions.
Will be doing a giveaway too.
October 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Launch day for the paperback of my book, The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective!
Humbug notes that it makes excellent bedtime reading.
Do you have a book club or local literary/historical society? I could drop by & give a talk or answer questions.
Will be doing a giveaway too.
Humbug notes that it makes excellent bedtime reading.
Do you have a book club or local literary/historical society? I could drop by & give a talk or answer questions.
Will be doing a giveaway too.
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You can have a situation with rising renewable absolute output and percentages of total (and falling emissions intensity!), but also stagnant or even rising greenhouse gas emissions: when *demand* itself is rising fast.
This is very clearly the case in Aus, and it should trigger alarm bells
This is very clearly the case in Aus, and it should trigger alarm bells
October 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
You can have a situation with rising renewable absolute output and percentages of total (and falling emissions intensity!), but also stagnant or even rising greenhouse gas emissions: when *demand* itself is rising fast.
This is very clearly the case in Aus, and it should trigger alarm bells
This is very clearly the case in Aus, and it should trigger alarm bells
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Who needs forests when we could turn everything into cornfields? 🤷🏻♂️
Outcry as Trump plots more roads and logging in US forests: ‘You can almost hear the chainsaws’
Critics say move to axe Bill Clinton’s ‘roadless rule’ that protected key old-growth forests will be devastating to environment
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Who needs forests when we could turn everything into cornfields? 🤷🏻♂️
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In celebration of @victoriandetective.bsky.social’s book, The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective being shortlisted for the @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social 2025, we’re revisiting some of our prize-winning and shortlisted books — with an extract from each.
yalebooks.co.uk/celebrating-...
yalebooks.co.uk/celebrating-...
Celebrating the Wolfson Prize - Yale University Press London
In celebration of the announcement of the Wolfson Prize 2025 shortlist, we're revisiting some of our prize-winning and shortlisted books.
yalebooks.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
In celebration of @victoriandetective.bsky.social’s book, The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective being shortlisted for the @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social 2025, we’re revisiting some of our prize-winning and shortlisted books — with an extract from each.
yalebooks.co.uk/celebrating-...
yalebooks.co.uk/celebrating-...