Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🌈 no human is illegal
@lucyjsclarke.bsky.social
interdisciplinary historian of early modern England; Leverhulme ECF at Sheffield, working on 'Performing the early modern English state into reality, 1558-1641'. socio-legal history, practice-as-research as historical method. mum of cats and a small human.
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Policing by consent: an early modern perspective
This post derives from some of the work I’ve been doing on my Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship over the last year and a half. For more on these themes, I’ve an article coming out in H…
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the legitimacy of the police in the Anglophone world has been the subject of a lot of debate in recent years. I think early modern England has a lot to tell us about our relationship with the police.
blog here:
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blog here:
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disquieting to read the story about OUH maternity care today.
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
disquieting to read the story about OUH maternity care today.
whenever someone I know in professional contexts discovers I’ve had a baby and writes me a congratulatory email, they foolishly activate my trap card: sending a raft of unsolicited photographs of the Nugget
October 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
whenever someone I know in professional contexts discovers I’ve had a baby and writes me a congratulatory email, they foolishly activate my trap card: sending a raft of unsolicited photographs of the Nugget
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‘Labour polled 11% in a seat that the party has held for 100 years’ is the headline news this morning. Feels like a headline going to hear a lot in the next year.
(Also result - Plaid win - does show that the fissuring of British politics isn’t all to the right)
(Also result - Plaid win - does show that the fissuring of British politics isn’t all to the right)
October 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
‘Labour polled 11% in a seat that the party has held for 100 years’ is the headline news this morning. Feels like a headline going to hear a lot in the next year.
(Also result - Plaid win - does show that the fissuring of British politics isn’t all to the right)
(Also result - Plaid win - does show that the fissuring of British politics isn’t all to the right)
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A periodic reminder that the ORIGINAL STAR CHAMBER CEILING from Westminster Palace is now in a hotel outside Liverpool. www.leasowecastle.com/dine
October 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A periodic reminder that the ORIGINAL STAR CHAMBER CEILING from Westminster Palace is now in a hotel outside Liverpool. www.leasowecastle.com/dine
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The worst use of quotation marks in the history of human civilisation is in.
October 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The worst use of quotation marks in the history of human civilisation is in.
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“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”
my baby daughter has started smiling socially and it is the best. thing. ever.
October 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
my baby daughter has started smiling socially and it is the best. thing. ever.
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Just seen a headline which asks "Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge?"
It's because she was a massive bastard. Hope that helps x
It's because she was a massive bastard. Hope that helps x
October 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Just seen a headline which asks "Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge?"
It's because she was a massive bastard. Hope that helps x
It's because she was a massive bastard. Hope that helps x
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if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees
this is horrifying. The NHS is failing trans people.
Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest
October 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
this is horrifying. The NHS is failing trans people.
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My dad has turned up this photo from a visit "many years ago" to the Forth Bridge. I think it's taken from what he calls the howff, just below track level, used by the maintenance workers.
I guess when you're engaged in a proverbially endless task, you need a wee cup of tea once in a while.
I guess when you're engaged in a proverbially endless task, you need a wee cup of tea once in a while.
October 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My dad has turned up this photo from a visit "many years ago" to the Forth Bridge. I think it's taken from what he calls the howff, just below track level, used by the maintenance workers.
I guess when you're engaged in a proverbially endless task, you need a wee cup of tea once in a while.
I guess when you're engaged in a proverbially endless task, you need a wee cup of tea once in a while.
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When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys
October 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys
finally had the chance to take my first hot bath since I got pregnant. no lobster was e’er more delighted to be boiled.
October 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
finally had the chance to take my first hot bath since I got pregnant. no lobster was e’er more delighted to be boiled.
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On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
American Idiot really holds up over two decades later. concept album of the millennium?
September 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
American Idiot really holds up over two decades later. concept album of the millennium?
since I’ve had a baby I’ve read more news articles than ever before, simply because I need something one-handed to do at 2am when she’s feeding and I’ve stupidly forgotten to connect my earphones before latching her on
September 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
since I’ve had a baby I’ve read more news articles than ever before, simply because I need something one-handed to do at 2am when she’s feeding and I’ve stupidly forgotten to connect my earphones before latching her on
parenthood: trying to establish whether the scent of baby vomit has sunk into your cardigan or if it’s just the baby themselves (or a secret, worse third option)
September 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
parenthood: trying to establish whether the scent of baby vomit has sunk into your cardigan or if it’s just the baby themselves (or a secret, worse third option)
my kid straight up looking like Tony Soprano getting the newspaper
September 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
my kid straight up looking like Tony Soprano getting the newspaper
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So the DFS sale really has been going on as long as we thought
September 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
So the DFS sale really has been going on as long as we thought
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day ??? of maternity leave. my house is an unending series of muslin hiding places and I’ve lost count of how many Waitrose mini sausage rolls I’ve eaten.
September 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
day ??? of maternity leave. my house is an unending series of muslin hiding places and I’ve lost count of how many Waitrose mini sausage rolls I’ve eaten.
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imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.