Sarah Elizabeth Cox
@oispooky.bsky.social
👩🏻💻 PR @britsciassoc.bsky.social
🥊 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
Pinned
Seconds out! Round one!
THE DEVIL'S DANCE FLOOR
This isn't an official announcement from Duckworth. It's a page from my agent's newsletter and book fair rights catalogue, which is public. So, a tiny-text soft launch? Details subject to change.
A lot of thank yous and less Disney, to come.
🐻🥊👊🏾👊🏻🦁🍺
THE DEVIL'S DANCE FLOOR
This isn't an official announcement from Duckworth. It's a page from my agent's newsletter and book fair rights catalogue, which is public. So, a tiny-text soft launch? Details subject to change.
A lot of thank yous and less Disney, to come.
🐻🥊👊🏾👊🏻🦁🍺
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Videos of Irish kids playing Kneecap for their grandparents is my favorite genre of internet phenomenon.
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Videos of Irish kids playing Kneecap for their grandparents is my favorite genre of internet phenomenon.
Was researching an old theatre (boxing venue) in Hull.
Someone on a FB heritage page, under a photo: 'Think I used to go to pantomimes there as a kid!'
A wit replies: 'Oh no you didn't!'
The original poster: 'Is it a different building then?'
Someone on a FB heritage page, under a photo: 'Think I used to go to pantomimes there as a kid!'
A wit replies: 'Oh no you didn't!'
The original poster: 'Is it a different building then?'
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Was researching an old theatre (boxing venue) in Hull.
Someone on a FB heritage page, under a photo: 'Think I used to go to pantomimes there as a kid!'
A wit replies: 'Oh no you didn't!'
The original poster: 'Is it a different building then?'
Someone on a FB heritage page, under a photo: 'Think I used to go to pantomimes there as a kid!'
A wit replies: 'Oh no you didn't!'
The original poster: 'Is it a different building then?'
When Hezekiah Moscow ended up in hospital in 1891 he had what was described as 'leg ulcers' by one newspaper and by another as being 'struck down with an illness in the hosiery centre'. Which, erm, uh..
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
When Hezekiah Moscow ended up in hospital in 1891 he had what was described as 'leg ulcers' by one newspaper and by another as being 'struck down with an illness in the hosiery centre'. Which, erm, uh..
My local council suddenly has cash to spend on building a 'cultural and creative hub' and wants residents' ideas on what that annoying and vague phrase should mean. So far it's:
80% want more public toilets
10% homeless shelter
10% lock Farage in it and make him hold surgeries
Going well, then.
80% want more public toilets
10% homeless shelter
10% lock Farage in it and make him hold surgeries
Going well, then.
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My local council suddenly has cash to spend on building a 'cultural and creative hub' and wants residents' ideas on what that annoying and vague phrase should mean. So far it's:
80% want more public toilets
10% homeless shelter
10% lock Farage in it and make him hold surgeries
Going well, then.
80% want more public toilets
10% homeless shelter
10% lock Farage in it and make him hold surgeries
Going well, then.
Reposted by Sarah Elizabeth Cox
Early Career Researchers wanted!
Apply to speak/perform at next year's British Science Festival #BSF26. We'll be at the University of Southampton.
Award Lectures are available in seven areas incl. social sciences, and seek to highlight the interdisciplinarity of science, research and innovation:
Apply to speak/perform at next year's British Science Festival #BSF26. We'll be at the University of Southampton.
Award Lectures are available in seven areas incl. social sciences, and seek to highlight the interdisciplinarity of science, research and innovation:
🎤 Are you an early career researcher passionate about communicating with the wider public? Applications for the 2026 British Science Festival Award Lectures are now open!
Next year's Festival is in Southampton, 16-20 Sept.
Find out more and apply >
www.britishscienceassociation.org/award-lectures
Next year's Festival is in Southampton, 16-20 Sept.
Find out more and apply >
www.britishscienceassociation.org/award-lectures
Award Lectures
Details on how to become an Award Lecturer at the British Science Festival
www.britishscienceassociation.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Early Career Researchers wanted!
Apply to speak/perform at next year's British Science Festival #BSF26. We'll be at the University of Southampton.
Award Lectures are available in seven areas incl. social sciences, and seek to highlight the interdisciplinarity of science, research and innovation:
Apply to speak/perform at next year's British Science Festival #BSF26. We'll be at the University of Southampton.
Award Lectures are available in seven areas incl. social sciences, and seek to highlight the interdisciplinarity of science, research and innovation:
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And this is the thing. Pretty much all of us have 'foreign' heritage. I'm a mix of Irish, Eng, German, Scottish, Swedish, Spanish amd somewhere in the mixer, Jamaican. My kids have Belarussian, French and Jewish blood. No-one has ever questioned my heritage as I 'look' right. Fuck this Laboir govt.
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
And this is the thing. Pretty much all of us have 'foreign' heritage. I'm a mix of Irish, Eng, German, Scottish, Swedish, Spanish amd somewhere in the mixer, Jamaican. My kids have Belarussian, French and Jewish blood. No-one has ever questioned my heritage as I 'look' right. Fuck this Laboir govt.
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My 2 ww1 grandads and 1 ww2 dad would never have expected my European son in law and subsequent grandchildren - my future is complex and mixed and I love them all - same thing - despite a decent local Mp I will probably never vote Labour again. An island of strangers? No - that’s my family.
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My 2 ww1 grandads and 1 ww2 dad would never have expected my European son in law and subsequent grandchildren - my future is complex and mixed and I love them all - same thing - despite a decent local Mp I will probably never vote Labour again. An island of strangers? No - that’s my family.
I'm as white English as it comes. Except for the Sephardic Jew, the big handful of Irish Bridgets and Barneys. Maybe Grandad Carmine? That Italian bit! My Romany son, obvs. The Polish RAF pilot who changed his name to Paul Newman, bless him. I'll never vote Labour again after this week. Madness.
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm as white English as it comes. Except for the Sephardic Jew, the big handful of Irish Bridgets and Barneys. Maybe Grandad Carmine? That Italian bit! My Romany son, obvs. The Polish RAF pilot who changed his name to Paul Newman, bless him. I'll never vote Labour again after this week. Madness.
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Update on how funding of early years care and education is going in the UK: our Clacton nursery just messaged parents (in a town where min wage is the average) asking us to supply them with new toys and learning materials through an Amazon wishlist. Why does the government hate babies and parents?
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Update on how funding of early years care and education is going in the UK: our Clacton nursery just messaged parents (in a town where min wage is the average) asking us to supply them with new toys and learning materials through an Amazon wishlist. Why does the government hate babies and parents?
Reposted by Sarah Elizabeth Cox
THIS! So thankful to have friends I can contact to discuss 1890s doctors' tuberculosis case write-ups, inquests, cemetery etiquette and whether or not smallpox is likely to destroy your eye. Cultivate cool friends, but mostly WEIRD friends who cut up, or at least know about, bodies for a living 🙏🏻
my number one most serious writing tip is to make cool friends. in the last year I've needed to know about blacksmithing, neo-medievalism in the american empire, and mid-century lesbian pulp publishing and each time I've been able to just. call a guy.
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
THIS! So thankful to have friends I can contact to discuss 1890s doctors' tuberculosis case write-ups, inquests, cemetery etiquette and whether or not smallpox is likely to destroy your eye. Cultivate cool friends, but mostly WEIRD friends who cut up, or at least know about, bodies for a living 🙏🏻
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At risk of sounding desperate (also, WHY ARE ALL THE JOURNOS STILL ON X) - if you're a TV / history writer or podcaster and fancy doing something on Season II of #AThousandBlows and the true history of 1880s boxing and boxers, get in touch. Disney PR aren't likely to put me forward for things again.
'New Threats. New Era. New Season.'
(New Poster)
Season II of A Thousand Blows streams 9 Jan 2026.
The completely unaffiliated, unconnected, in no way endorsed by Disney, book with the true stories of Hezekiah Moscow, Alec Munroe, Sugar Goodson - THE DEVIL'S DANCEFLOOR - is published in Oct 😅👊🏻
(New Poster)
Season II of A Thousand Blows streams 9 Jan 2026.
The completely unaffiliated, unconnected, in no way endorsed by Disney, book with the true stories of Hezekiah Moscow, Alec Munroe, Sugar Goodson - THE DEVIL'S DANCEFLOOR - is published in Oct 😅👊🏻
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
At risk of sounding desperate (also, WHY ARE ALL THE JOURNOS STILL ON X) - if you're a TV / history writer or podcaster and fancy doing something on Season II of #AThousandBlows and the true history of 1880s boxing and boxers, get in touch. Disney PR aren't likely to put me forward for things again.
When I say 'many' - John and Sarah Elizabeth Price had 13 children in a two-up, two-down, Victorian terrace in Burnley.
This is J. W. Price. One of his MANY grandsons (Paul) married the daughter (Elaine) of one of my nan's sisters (Chick). Paul and Elaine's sons are my mum's cousins, also godsons. Anyway. He was a v. good lightweight wrestler, still competing in London at 40:
grapplingwithhistory.com/2020/07/24/j...
grapplingwithhistory.com/2020/07/24/j...
The Catch Wrestling Collier, John Willie Price
John William Price had a difficult start in life. He was born on 3 April 1870 in Barrowford, Lancashire, to Jane Price, just months before the death of her husband Edward. The family were soon forc…
grapplingwithhistory.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
When I say 'many' - John and Sarah Elizabeth Price had 13 children in a two-up, two-down, Victorian terrace in Burnley.
This is J. W. Price. One of his MANY grandsons (Paul) married the daughter (Elaine) of one of my nan's sisters (Chick). Paul and Elaine's sons are my mum's cousins, also godsons. Anyway. He was a v. good lightweight wrestler, still competing in London at 40:
grapplingwithhistory.com/2020/07/24/j...
grapplingwithhistory.com/2020/07/24/j...
The Catch Wrestling Collier, John Willie Price
John William Price had a difficult start in life. He was born on 3 April 1870 in Barrowford, Lancashire, to Jane Price, just months before the death of her husband Edward. The family were soon forc…
grapplingwithhistory.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is J. W. Price. One of his MANY grandsons (Paul) married the daughter (Elaine) of one of my nan's sisters (Chick). Paul and Elaine's sons are my mum's cousins, also godsons. Anyway. He was a v. good lightweight wrestler, still competing in London at 40:
grapplingwithhistory.com/2020/07/24/j...
grapplingwithhistory.com/2020/07/24/j...
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Barnes & Noble has managed to put together a list of 23 "best" history books of 2025, 4.5 of which are authored by women. www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/the-bes...
#womenalsoknowhistory <-- sometimes I think we don't need this hashtag anymore, and then I realize I'm very wrong.
#womenalsoknowhistory <-- sometimes I think we don't need this hashtag anymore, and then I realize I'm very wrong.
The Best History Books of 2025 - B&N Reads
Remember why history matters and let the past teach you about how people lived, fought for change and evolved. These are the best history books of 2025.
www.barnesandnoble.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Barnes & Noble has managed to put together a list of 23 "best" history books of 2025, 4.5 of which are authored by women. www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/the-bes...
#womenalsoknowhistory <-- sometimes I think we don't need this hashtag anymore, and then I realize I'm very wrong.
#womenalsoknowhistory <-- sometimes I think we don't need this hashtag anymore, and then I realize I'm very wrong.
Early Career Researchers wanted!
Apply to speak/perform at next year's British Science Festival #BSF26. We'll be at the University of Southampton.
Award Lectures are available in seven areas incl. social sciences, and seek to highlight the interdisciplinarity of science, research and innovation:
Apply to speak/perform at next year's British Science Festival #BSF26. We'll be at the University of Southampton.
Award Lectures are available in seven areas incl. social sciences, and seek to highlight the interdisciplinarity of science, research and innovation:
🎤 Are you an early career researcher passionate about communicating with the wider public? Applications for the 2026 British Science Festival Award Lectures are now open!
Next year's Festival is in Southampton, 16-20 Sept.
Find out more and apply >
www.britishscienceassociation.org/award-lectures
Next year's Festival is in Southampton, 16-20 Sept.
Find out more and apply >
www.britishscienceassociation.org/award-lectures
Award Lectures
Details on how to become an Award Lecturer at the British Science Festival
www.britishscienceassociation.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Early Career Researchers wanted!
Apply to speak/perform at next year's British Science Festival #BSF26. We'll be at the University of Southampton.
Award Lectures are available in seven areas incl. social sciences, and seek to highlight the interdisciplinarity of science, research and innovation:
Apply to speak/perform at next year's British Science Festival #BSF26. We'll be at the University of Southampton.
Award Lectures are available in seven areas incl. social sciences, and seek to highlight the interdisciplinarity of science, research and innovation:
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My husband @tealcartoons.bsky.social has donated a fantastic piece of artwork to help raise money for Alzeimer's charities! Check it out and consider bidding for this great cause! @getsmart2025.bsky.social - astarauction.com/getsmart25
Look at this absolute stunner from @tealcartoons.bsky.social - it's one of over 100 envelope designs up for auction in aid of Alzheimer's charities. Link in bio.
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
My husband @tealcartoons.bsky.social has donated a fantastic piece of artwork to help raise money for Alzeimer's charities! Check it out and consider bidding for this great cause! @getsmart2025.bsky.social - astarauction.com/getsmart25
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Flight Attendant: No animals on board
Me: He’s my therapy parrot
Parrot: Back off, she needs me. Which is her mother's fault
Me: He’s my therapy parrot
Parrot: Back off, she needs me. Which is her mother's fault
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Flight Attendant: No animals on board
Me: He’s my therapy parrot
Parrot: Back off, she needs me. Which is her mother's fault
Me: He’s my therapy parrot
Parrot: Back off, she needs me. Which is her mother's fault
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Messed around with my website this morning to make it look a bit more contemporary and a bit less about circa-2002 Photoshop montages I create while sat in a Wetherspoons after work. Do we hate it?
Irrelevant, but the mint green is the same colour as my living room 🥊
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
Irrelevant, but the mint green is the same colour as my living room 🥊
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Messed around with my website this morning to make it look a bit more contemporary and a bit less about circa-2002 Photoshop montages I create while sat in a Wetherspoons after work. Do we hate it?
Irrelevant, but the mint green is the same colour as my living room 🥊
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
Irrelevant, but the mint green is the same colour as my living room 🥊
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
When introducing music hall proprietor and promotor George Belmont in my book, I initially describe him as a king of copywriting and a wife-beating bastard. He's probably not going to sue me from hell, right? 😅
Public Relations genius, nasty nasty man.
Check this advert from 1888:
Public Relations genius, nasty nasty man.
Check this advert from 1888:
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When introducing music hall proprietor and promotor George Belmont in my book, I initially describe him as a king of copywriting and a wife-beating bastard. He's probably not going to sue me from hell, right? 😅
Public Relations genius, nasty nasty man.
Check this advert from 1888:
Public Relations genius, nasty nasty man.
Check this advert from 1888:
Messed around with my website this morning to make it look a bit more contemporary and a bit less about circa-2002 Photoshop montages I create while sat in a Wetherspoons after work. Do we hate it?
Irrelevant, but the mint green is the same colour as my living room 🥊
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
Irrelevant, but the mint green is the same colour as my living room 🥊
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Messed around with my website this morning to make it look a bit more contemporary and a bit less about circa-2002 Photoshop montages I create while sat in a Wetherspoons after work. Do we hate it?
Irrelevant, but the mint green is the same colour as my living room 🥊
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
Irrelevant, but the mint green is the same colour as my living room 🥊
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
Update on how funding of early years care and education is going in the UK: our Clacton nursery just messaged parents (in a town where min wage is the average) asking us to supply them with new toys and learning materials through an Amazon wishlist. Why does the government hate babies and parents?
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Update on how funding of early years care and education is going in the UK: our Clacton nursery just messaged parents (in a town where min wage is the average) asking us to supply them with new toys and learning materials through an Amazon wishlist. Why does the government hate babies and parents?
Reposted by Sarah Elizabeth Cox
god remember when that person said that Romans didn't know about sharks? just remembered suddenly and can't stop giggling
November 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
god remember when that person said that Romans didn't know about sharks? just remembered suddenly and can't stop giggling
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Can someone ask the Labour minister if they are also going to take people’s gold teeth?
And a reminder that in 2024 jewelley stolen in similar historical policies was returned to families because it was wrong www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Can someone ask the Labour minister if they are also going to take people’s gold teeth?
‘I hate the word deprived’: Jaywick, actually a happy place in Essex – photo essay
✌🏻🖤
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘I hate the word deprived’: Jaywick, actually a happy place in Essex – photo essay
Despite its negative image in the media, Jaywick has a thriving, caring soul, of which local people are proud. David Shaw has been documenting the community
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
‘I hate the word deprived’: Jaywick, actually a happy place in Essex – photo essay
✌🏻🖤
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
✌🏻🖤
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...