Sarah Elizabeth Cox
@oispooky.bsky.social
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🥊 1880s boxing + wrestling historian
📕 THE DEVIL'S DANCEFLOOR (Duckworth, Oct 2026)
✍🏻 Moscow, Munroe, Goodson, Wannop, Smith, Ball &c.
🤜🏻 Advisor #AThousandBlows
🏖️ Clacton-on-Sea 🖤
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
🥊 1880s boxing + wrestling historian
📕 THE DEVIL'S DANCEFLOOR (Duckworth, Oct 2026)
✍🏻 Moscow, Munroe, Goodson, Wannop, Smith, Ball &c.
🤜🏻 Advisor #AThousandBlows
🏖️ Clacton-on-Sea 🖤
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
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Been researching this man, Hezekiah Moscow, since February 2019. He went by a nickname that was spelled a billion different ways so getting to the truth is TOUGH. Findings today for the book have blown open doors. New things after six years! AND all because of collaboration. Buy my book. Thanks 😂
Also includes the true stories of Alf Ball, Jem Smith, Sugar Goodson, Jack Davenport, Jem Haines, Alec Munroe and Jack Wannop, in a succinct little 80k words somehow - three stabbings, multiple assaults, copious animal abuse, etc!
The Devil's Dancefloor, release date TBC.
Details soon 🥊👊🏻👊🏾💪🏻🐻🦁🩸
The Devil's Dancefloor, release date TBC.
Details soon 🥊👊🏻👊🏾💪🏻🐻🦁🩸
When A Thousand Blows came out, other historians had a dig too. A couple have done great stuff! Most journos and critics ripped off my blog without credit. Some cited and/or talked to me. David Olusoga, Jason Okundaye, Lanre Bakare, Sabrina Barr - thank you.
Hezekiah's true story is coming soon :)
Hezekiah's true story is coming soon :)
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Also includes the true stories of Alf Ball, Jem Smith, Sugar Goodson, Jack Davenport, Jem Haines, Alec Munroe and Jack Wannop, in a succinct little 80k words somehow - three stabbings, multiple assaults, copious animal abuse, etc!
The Devil's Dancefloor, release date TBC.
Details soon 🥊👊🏻👊🏾💪🏻🐻🦁🩸
The Devil's Dancefloor, release date TBC.
Details soon 🥊👊🏻👊🏾💪🏻🐻🦁🩸
Been researching this man, Hezekiah Moscow, since February 2019. He went by a nickname that was spelled a billion different ways so getting to the truth is TOUGH. Findings today for the book have blown open doors. New things after six years! AND all because of collaboration. Buy my book. Thanks 😂
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Been researching this man, Hezekiah Moscow, since February 2019. He went by a nickname that was spelled a billion different ways so getting to the truth is TOUGH. Findings today for the book have blown open doors. New things after six years! AND all because of collaboration. Buy my book. Thanks 😂
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I actually really don't think it much matters that Farage was a racist idiot at school, really. What matters is how he a) reflects on that behaviour now, and b) what he's learned and c) done in the 40 years since.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I actually really don't think it much matters that Farage was a racist idiot at school, really. What matters is how he a) reflects on that behaviour now, and b) what he's learned and c) done in the 40 years since.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
My book set in 1880s Whitechapel didn't have quite enough stabbings in it (only two, both fatal) so I've added another stabbing. Running the risk of more stabbing than boxing but it is what it is. Every stabbing involves young men being prats over the STUPIDEST things.
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
My book set in 1880s Whitechapel didn't have quite enough stabbings in it (only two, both fatal) so I've added another stabbing. Running the risk of more stabbing than boxing but it is what it is. Every stabbing involves young men being prats over the STUPIDEST things.
#AThousandBlows nominated for Best New Drama! 🥊👊🏻👊🏾
Against... *gulp* Mr Loverman (SO GOOD), Rivals (SO FUN), Adolescence (GOT AWARDS ALREADY, TA). There is some competition here 😂
Plus I Fought The Law and Reunion, which I haven't seen.
What a shortlist!
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/home/broadca...
Against... *gulp* Mr Loverman (SO GOOD), Rivals (SO FUN), Adolescence (GOT AWARDS ALREADY, TA). There is some competition here 😂
Plus I Fought The Law and Reunion, which I haven't seen.
What a shortlist!
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/home/broadca...
Broadcast Awards 2026 shortlist revealed
Stellar performance from the BBC, with more than 50 nominations
www.broadcastnow.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#AThousandBlows nominated for Best New Drama! 🥊👊🏻👊🏾
Against... *gulp* Mr Loverman (SO GOOD), Rivals (SO FUN), Adolescence (GOT AWARDS ALREADY, TA). There is some competition here 😂
Plus I Fought The Law and Reunion, which I haven't seen.
What a shortlist!
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/home/broadca...
Against... *gulp* Mr Loverman (SO GOOD), Rivals (SO FUN), Adolescence (GOT AWARDS ALREADY, TA). There is some competition here 😂
Plus I Fought The Law and Reunion, which I haven't seen.
What a shortlist!
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/home/broadca...
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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)
Art updates from the child's nursery app. The flagging campaign in Clacton, Essex, England, has taken an unexpected turn.
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Art updates from the child's nursery app. The flagging campaign in Clacton, Essex, England, has taken an unexpected turn.
"Boxing's for everyone... She's a pioneer." 💪
The one and only time I MC-d a wrestling show (badly), I had the privilege of introducing Nor 'Phoenix' Diana from Malaysia, believed to be the first hijab-wearing pro-wrestler! Legends, all.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing...
The one and only time I MC-d a wrestling show (badly), I had the privilege of introducing Nor 'Phoenix' Diana from Malaysia, believed to be the first hijab-wearing pro-wrestler! Legends, all.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing...
Boxing: Zeina Nassar, the hijab-wearing boxer who makes her pro debut in Pakistan
How Germany's Zeina Nassar - who makes her pro debut on Wednesday - rewrote boxing's rules about fighting in a hijab.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"Boxing's for everyone... She's a pioneer." 💪
The one and only time I MC-d a wrestling show (badly), I had the privilege of introducing Nor 'Phoenix' Diana from Malaysia, believed to be the first hijab-wearing pro-wrestler! Legends, all.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing...
The one and only time I MC-d a wrestling show (badly), I had the privilege of introducing Nor 'Phoenix' Diana from Malaysia, believed to be the first hijab-wearing pro-wrestler! Legends, all.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing...
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Hercules Cock, Son of Hercules.
[He was actually a Cox, but still - very good!]
[He was actually a Cox, but still - very good!]
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hercules Cock, Son of Hercules.
[He was actually a Cox, but still - very good!]
[He was actually a Cox, but still - very good!]
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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Clacton in 2025 is very different to 1912.
For example, a few minutes walk from my flat I used to be able to find:
🐂 People riding bucking bullocks bareback
🤷🏻♀️ An irrepressible Australian jackass, the limit in perversity (!)
🦘 A boxing kangaroo called Bob
Now there is just Wetherspoons.
For example, a few minutes walk from my flat I used to be able to find:
🐂 People riding bucking bullocks bareback
🤷🏻♀️ An irrepressible Australian jackass, the limit in perversity (!)
🦘 A boxing kangaroo called Bob
Now there is just Wetherspoons.
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Clacton in 2025 is very different to 1912.
For example, a few minutes walk from my flat I used to be able to find:
🐂 People riding bucking bullocks bareback
🤷🏻♀️ An irrepressible Australian jackass, the limit in perversity (!)
🦘 A boxing kangaroo called Bob
Now there is just Wetherspoons.
For example, a few minutes walk from my flat I used to be able to find:
🐂 People riding bucking bullocks bareback
🤷🏻♀️ An irrepressible Australian jackass, the limit in perversity (!)
🦘 A boxing kangaroo called Bob
Now there is just Wetherspoons.
Hercules Cock, Son of Hercules.
[He was actually a Cox, but still - very good!]
[He was actually a Cox, but still - very good!]
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hercules Cock, Son of Hercules.
[He was actually a Cox, but still - very good!]
[He was actually a Cox, but still - very good!]
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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)
Clacton in 2025 is very different to 1912.
For example, a few minutes walk from my flat I used to be able to find:
🐂 People riding bucking bullocks bareback
🤷🏻♀️ An irrepressible Australian jackass, the limit in perversity (!)
🦘 A boxing kangaroo called Bob
Now there is just Wetherspoons.
For example, a few minutes walk from my flat I used to be able to find:
🐂 People riding bucking bullocks bareback
🤷🏻♀️ An irrepressible Australian jackass, the limit in perversity (!)
🦘 A boxing kangaroo called Bob
Now there is just Wetherspoons.
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Clacton in 2025 is very different to 1912.
For example, a few minutes walk from my flat I used to be able to find:
🐂 People riding bucking bullocks bareback
🤷🏻♀️ An irrepressible Australian jackass, the limit in perversity (!)
🦘 A boxing kangaroo called Bob
Now there is just Wetherspoons.
For example, a few minutes walk from my flat I used to be able to find:
🐂 People riding bucking bullocks bareback
🤷🏻♀️ An irrepressible Australian jackass, the limit in perversity (!)
🦘 A boxing kangaroo called Bob
Now there is just Wetherspoons.
We stood down half a million carrier pigeons and got on with our lives just fine using other communication methods. But some people can't even quit twitter? I repeat: a pigeon never paid Tommy Robinson's legal bills.
Easy to laugh at a headline like this from the era of Chamberlainite appeasement, but the feathery little heroes ended up doing a really important job and saving a lot of lives...
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We stood down half a million carrier pigeons and got on with our lives just fine using other communication methods. But some people can't even quit twitter? I repeat: a pigeon never paid Tommy Robinson's legal bills.
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Horst P. Horst
Two models in Schiaparelli dresses
Vogue, October 1947
The painting is "Booth of La Goulue at the Foire du Trone", an 1895 Toulouse-Lautrec painting in the Jeu de Paume.
Two models in Schiaparelli dresses
Vogue, October 1947
The painting is "Booth of La Goulue at the Foire du Trone", an 1895 Toulouse-Lautrec painting in the Jeu de Paume.
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Horst P. Horst
Two models in Schiaparelli dresses
Vogue, October 1947
The painting is "Booth of La Goulue at the Foire du Trone", an 1895 Toulouse-Lautrec painting in the Jeu de Paume.
Two models in Schiaparelli dresses
Vogue, October 1947
The painting is "Booth of La Goulue at the Foire du Trone", an 1895 Toulouse-Lautrec painting in the Jeu de Paume.
I can't WAIT to turn 40 next year. Genuinely excited. Going to have the flat re-carpeted, maybe get braces for the third time, and publish my first book!!! 💪🏻
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I can't WAIT to turn 40 next year. Genuinely excited. Going to have the flat re-carpeted, maybe get braces for the third time, and publish my first book!!! 💪🏻
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What a way to go 😱 🐟
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What a way to go 😱 🐟
Eight years waitressing and bartending, moved in with a rock band drummer who dumped me for a blonde, signed up with a recruitment agency, borrowed a male housemate's suit, Googled 'how do you write a press release?' then blagged a job in PR. There were only three candidates, one didn't show up.
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Eight years waitressing and bartending, moved in with a rock band drummer who dumped me for a blonde, signed up with a recruitment agency, borrowed a male housemate's suit, Googled 'how do you write a press release?' then blagged a job in PR. There were only three candidates, one didn't show up.
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I don't doubt that some women feel unsafe walking in the dark, but this article would have been much improved if the writer had included the information that most violence against women is committed by people we know and not by randoms on the street.
'Dark winter nights feel like an unspoken curfew for women'
Women in the north west of England speak of how they have to be more cautious as nights turn dark.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I don't doubt that some women feel unsafe walking in the dark, but this article would have been much improved if the writer had included the information that most violence against women is committed by people we know and not by randoms on the street.
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Next Saturday marks the two year anniversary of my son inadvertently (or deliberately, who knows for sure) killing Henry Kissinger after 100 years by virtue of being born. One in, one out, that's how it works. Or, erm, one out, one out (down?) more accurately.
November 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Next Saturday marks the two year anniversary of my son inadvertently (or deliberately, who knows for sure) killing Henry Kissinger after 100 years by virtue of being born. One in, one out, that's how it works. Or, erm, one out, one out (down?) more accurately.
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they should invent movies that are shorter
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
they should invent movies that are shorter
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I can’t bring myself to read this, but one day I hope there is as much time and energy devoted to the problem of the online radicalisation of vulnerable pregnant people and parents, as there is to the online radicalisation of young white men.
This might be one of the most disturbing pieces I’ve ever read. Staggering investigative work from Sirin Kale and Lucy Osbourne www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I can’t bring myself to read this, but one day I hope there is as much time and energy devoted to the problem of the online radicalisation of vulnerable pregnant people and parents, as there is to the online radicalisation of young white men.
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One for the South East Londoners. The 1890 New Cross Boxing and Wrestling Club. Photograph possibly taken outside what was then the Lord Derby, Woodpecker Rd. Or original New Cross House. Wrestler/boxer, club founder, Jack Wannop (1854-1923) is in the centre of the men standing, with walking cane.
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
One for the South East Londoners. The 1890 New Cross Boxing and Wrestling Club. Photograph possibly taken outside what was then the Lord Derby, Woodpecker Rd. Or original New Cross House. Wrestler/boxer, club founder, Jack Wannop (1854-1923) is in the centre of the men standing, with walking cane.