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
Pinned
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.
Reposted by Sophie Michell
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
Reposted by Sophie Michell
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"
I went to do a talk to my local Age UK group about railways and they have ordered me to come back with a murder next time
My brand, guys
My brand, guys
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I went to do a talk to my local Age UK group about railways and they have ordered me to come back with a murder next time
My brand, guys
My brand, guys
The nice thing about living here is that I can hear the trains on the ECML and I just heard a steam whistle
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The nice thing about living here is that I can hear the trains on the ECML and I just heard a steam whistle
OF COURSE a scaffold tower is being built on the house adjoining mine on the ONE DAY I am home alone and have shitloads to do, OF COURSE
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
OF COURSE a scaffold tower is being built on the house adjoining mine on the ONE DAY I am home alone and have shitloads to do, OF COURSE
Reposted by Sophie Michell
where to start
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
where to start
I need to cut my 17.5k lit review down to about 8k and my husband suggested chopping every other word.
Yeah, fuck it.
Yeah, fuck it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I need to cut my 17.5k lit review down to about 8k and my husband suggested chopping every other word.
Yeah, fuck it.
Yeah, fuck it.
If you average out all the inquests taken in the least inquesty-year of 1858... it works out to one inquest held every half hour.
If you use the most-inquesty year of 1901, there is one inquest held every ten minutes.
If you use the most-inquesty year of 1901, there is one inquest held every ten minutes.
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you average out all the inquests taken in the least inquesty-year of 1858... it works out to one inquest held every half hour.
If you use the most-inquesty year of 1901, there is one inquest held every ten minutes.
If you use the most-inquesty year of 1901, there is one inquest held every ten minutes.
What in the 1834 is this?
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
What in the 1834 is this?
Unhelpful comments made by Old Me assuming Current Me would not have a brain entirely made of soup: an occasional series
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Unhelpful comments made by Old Me assuming Current Me would not have a brain entirely made of soup: an occasional series
Five years since the greatest act of robbery the OU has ever known
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Five years since the greatest act of robbery the OU has ever known
*CLANGS THE INQUEST BELL*
I thought I would mark the occasion by making an interactive dashboard of the London Lives Westminster Coroners Inquests. sharonhoward.github.io/mindseye_of/...
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
*CLANGS THE INQUEST BELL*
Gotta cite myself in my lit review.
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gotta cite myself in my lit review.