They crawl over the poisoned land, clawing at the earth. Why are they digging? What are they looking for? She…
Weather’s bad, the news is bleak, It’s been a bloody awful week, So fed up you can barely speak… Let’s…
24th January 1849. Margaret Cullinane, aged 30, was admitted to jail in Cork, Ireland, for stealing potatoes. Her sentence was…
10th December 1884. A baby was born on the steamship Angier Head. The names of his parents were recorded as…
We’re living in Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. What is Truth? We can’t be sure. Censorship, fake news, watched all the…
17th October 1917. Alexander Snoad joined the Navy during the First World War, at the age of 27. Born in…
21st September 1903. Emily Norkett and her illegitimate baby son William Thomas Norkett were admitted to the City Road Workhouse…
Audiobook: I’ll get the first round. What’ll it be, guys? Paperback: Large glass of white wine, please. E-book: Vodka and…
20th August 1898. Thomasine Amelia Lean was admitted to Cornwall County Asylum, Bodmin. She had a husband, Henry, and was…
27th July 1908. In Chelmsford, Essex, a girl was born to Ettie and John Coombe (a prison warder). Cora’s middle…