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
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
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
Gotta cite myself in my lit review.
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gotta cite myself in my lit review.
Not the best pic
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Not the best pic
THE PRICE of teenage skincare
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
THE PRICE of teenage skincare
NAME OF THE WEEK
is a typo. His name was Cook.
is a typo. His name was Cook.
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
NAME OF THE WEEK
is a typo. His name was Cook.
is a typo. His name was Cook.
History on a Saturday morning
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
History on a Saturday morning
Disclaimer: may be another pie brand and I had not noticed that massive crack *sigh*
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Disclaimer: may be another pie brand and I had not noticed that massive crack *sigh*
My mum died nine years ago today. I still wonder why she hasn’t phoned. I have so much to tell her.
(This photo is from 1989, if the sleeves didnt give it away)
(This photo is from 1989, if the sleeves didnt give it away)
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
My mum died nine years ago today. I still wonder why she hasn’t phoned. I have so much to tell her.
(This photo is from 1989, if the sleeves didnt give it away)
(This photo is from 1989, if the sleeves didnt give it away)
Prince Andrew tho
October 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Prince Andrew tho
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
You can hear the A47 but this is a view straight from 1760
October 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
You can hear the A47 but this is a view straight from 1760
Ok, this is a first... a coroner holding an inquest over a man HE KILLED
Come on gang, we're going in...
Come on gang, we're going in...
October 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ok, this is a first... a coroner holding an inquest over a man HE KILLED
Come on gang, we're going in...
Come on gang, we're going in...
Celebrating (in the Greene King)
October 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Celebrating (in the Greene King)
I won the AOUG Vice Chancellor Lord Perry of Walton award for research in the social sciences
October 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I won the AOUG Vice Chancellor Lord Perry of Walton award for research in the social sciences
When even the press think the age gap is icky
(Staffs Advertiser, 27 Apr 1837)
Nathaniel was actually 59 and Emma was 22
(Staffs Advertiser, 27 Apr 1837)
Nathaniel was actually 59 and Emma was 22
September 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
When even the press think the age gap is icky
(Staffs Advertiser, 27 Apr 1837)
Nathaniel was actually 59 and Emma was 22
(Staffs Advertiser, 27 Apr 1837)
Nathaniel was actually 59 and Emma was 22
Oh boy HAVE I
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Oh boy HAVE I
School record from a colliery school in Altofts, 1884:
(Didn't stop him working in a coal mine until he died in 1921, aged 44)
(Didn't stop him working in a coal mine until he died in 1921, aged 44)
September 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
School record from a colliery school in Altofts, 1884:
(Didn't stop him working in a coal mine until he died in 1921, aged 44)
(Didn't stop him working in a coal mine until he died in 1921, aged 44)
