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
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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.
Peterborough infirmary appears to have a very low mortality rate for surgery in the 19th century but I have nothing to compare it to. Has anyone seen any published stats on their travels?
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Peterborough infirmary appears to have a very low mortality rate for surgery in the 19th century but I have nothing to compare it to. Has anyone seen any published stats on their travels?
Davey Cameron is a pie
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Davey Cameron is a pie
Doing all this bloody work on a city that won’t bloody be here
Is this anglo-futurism?
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Doing all this bloody work on a city that won’t bloody be here
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Hanging out with 66.67% of my siblings
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hanging out with 66.67% of my siblings
Helpston level crossing gates have failed twice in the last few weeks and if National Rail need me to go and give an illustrated talk on the history of level crossings on that particular stretch of line, I am available...
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Helpston level crossing gates have failed twice in the last few weeks and if National Rail need me to go and give an illustrated talk on the history of level crossings on that particular stretch of line, I am available...
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
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Rosalind Franklin
Leaving her notes in a pile
That she keeps by the door
Who is it for?
Awful James Watson
Stealing the credit
And snaffling all the awards
Misogynist bore
Leaving her notes in a pile
That she keeps by the door
Who is it for?
Awful James Watson
Stealing the credit
And snaffling all the awards
Misogynist bore
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Rosalind Franklin
Leaving her notes in a pile
That she keeps by the door
Who is it for?
Awful James Watson
Stealing the credit
And snaffling all the awards
Misogynist bore
Leaving her notes in a pile
That she keeps by the door
Who is it for?
Awful James Watson
Stealing the credit
And snaffling all the awards
Misogynist bore
Look, my kids' nicknames are Goose, Kitten and Beans. Priscilla could have it a lot worse.
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Look, my kids' nicknames are Goose, Kitten and Beans. Priscilla could have it a lot worse.
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playing Nick's reaction to finding out Alan was a traitor to myself for the rest of the night. #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
playing Nick's reaction to finding out Alan was a traitor to myself for the rest of the night. #CelebrityTraitors
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The historian has fucked it, I repeat. The historian has fucked it.
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The historian has fucked it, I repeat. The historian has fucked it.
Look I love him
a man in a suit and bow tie stands in front of a chandelier with his eyes closed and # taskmaster written on the bottom
Alt: a man in a suit and bow tie stands in front of a chandelier with his eyes closed and # taskmaster written on the bottom
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November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Look I love him
Right, off to shatter everyone’s image of the railway as a lovely wholesome place to work, see you there if you’re coming!
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Right, off to shatter everyone’s image of the railway as a lovely wholesome place to work, see you there if you’re coming!
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Leonard BERNSTEIN
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Leonard BERNSTEIN
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Florrie N, Bazalgette
Antibiotics not just yet
Poppies for malaria
In the Fenland area
Antibiotics not just yet
Poppies for malaria
In the Fenland area
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Florrie N, Bazalgette
Antibiotics not just yet
Poppies for malaria
In the Fenland area
Antibiotics not just yet
Poppies for malaria
In the Fenland area
In the style of Billy Joel:
JOHN SNOW, CHOLERA
EDWIN CHADWICK, MIASMA
PINK PILLS FOR PALE PEOPLE
LAUDANUM FOR SALE
EDWIN CHADWICK, MIASMA
PINK PILLS FOR PALE PEOPLE
LAUDANUM FOR SALE
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In the style of Billy Joel:
Trying to cover the history of nineteenth-century medicine in ONE PARAGRAPH because I am SUCCINCT
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trying to cover the history of nineteenth-century medicine in ONE PARAGRAPH because I am SUCCINCT
I wish BBIH would let you filter academic publications, not because I am a giant snob, but because it would be really helpful when doing a thematic search...
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I wish BBIH would let you filter academic publications, not because I am a giant snob, but because it would be really helpful when doing a thematic search...
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Brianna keeps getting written about, even if not especially her own mother, like she tragically killed herself rather than was murdered in a transphobic hate crime
Most of us have pathologically useless parents who don't care to learn about protecting us properly, but this dogshit really takes the cake.
October 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Brianna keeps getting written about, even if not especially her own mother, like she tragically killed herself rather than was murdered in a transphobic hate crime
We all stan Nick Mohammed right?
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We all stan Nick Mohammed right?
COME TO MY RAILWAY TALK… this one isn’t in it but it’s … pretty standard for the time
One guy climbed out of the line-side window of a carriage and that ended badly
One guy climbed out of the line-side window of a carriage and that ended badly
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
COME TO MY RAILWAY TALK… this one isn’t in it but it’s … pretty standard for the time
One guy climbed out of the line-side window of a carriage and that ended badly
One guy climbed out of the line-side window of a carriage and that ended badly
THIS IS TOMORROW! IF YOU LIKE THAT SORT OF THING!
Our member @sophiemhistory.bsky.social is speaking at Werrington NEXT WEEK on the development and impact of the railway on Victorian Peterborough.
Come along if you can!
Come along if you can!
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
THIS IS TOMORROW! IF YOU LIKE THAT SORT OF THING!
It's Bonfire Night and the mid-Victorians had a bizarrely blasé attitude to gunpowder
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Barnsley Bangers
In honour of Diwali and Bonfire Night, my favourite time of year, here’s a story about what happens when fireworks go wrong. Barnsley, 1868. George Norris, aged thirty-five, was a man who pro…
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November 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It's Bonfire Night and the mid-Victorians had a bizarrely blasé attitude to gunpowder
sophiemhistory.com/2021/11/04/b...
sophiemhistory.com/2021/11/04/b...
My endometriosis isnt killing me (this week)
a group of people are dancing in a forest and a man is holding a woman 's hand .
Alt: a group of people are dancing in a forest
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November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My endometriosis isnt killing me (this week)