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Tim Grant
@timgrant123.bsky.social
Forensic linguist - academic and practitioner.

Co-host Writing Wrongs podcast www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics
@aifl.bsky.social
www.aston.ac.uk/aifl

Personal: timgrantforensiclinguist.com/home/
Reposted by Tim Grant
This month, Dr Tanya Karoli Christensen joins hosts Dr @drniccimacleod.bsky.social & @timgrant123.bsky.social to unpack a Danish investigation involving 192 chat messages exchanged between two men in 2015.

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#langsky #linguistics #forensiclinguistics #extremismstudies
Terror in the State of Denmark - Conversations from a List of Resolutes
Series 2 - Episode 5 Terror in the State of Denmark - Conversations from a List of Resolutes * Warning: Today’s episode contains descriptions of religious extremism, radicalization and plots of violence or terrorism. *   Joined by Dr Tanya Karoli Christensen, hosts Nicci and Tim discuss a counterterrorism investigation from Denmark. In this case, linguistic analysis proved vital in unraveling implied meanings in text messages between a young man of Kurdish background, suspected of planning to travel to Syria to join ISIS, and another man, suspected of trying to recruit him.   Through an analysis of 192 written chat messages from March 2015 between the two individuals, Tanya shares how themes of money, battle and war, and urgency in planning played a role in advancing a Danish police investigation. Listen to discover more.   For a list of our sources and more information about this case, please visit https://www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs   Have a question for Nicci or Tim? Email us at writingwrongs@aston.ac.uk (mailto:writingwrongs@aston.ac.uk)  and we may answer it during an upcoming episode!   Check out the official AIFL blog for more forensic linguistic goodies here: https://medium.com/@AIFLblog   If you have been affected by any of the themes in this week’s episode, please contact one of these free sources: • https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/ • https://www.helpguide.org/find-help   Production Team: Angela Walker, Jordan Robertson, Neus Alberich Buera Sound: Angela Walker Visual design: George Grant Additional Voices: Mark Round, Peter Kiddle With our thanks to Dr Tanya Karoli Christensen   Resources Professor Tim Grant’s home page: Tim Grant - Aston Research Explorer (https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/tim-grant)   Dr Nicci MacLeod’s home page: Nicci MacLeod - Aston Research Explorer (https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/nicci-macleod) Dr Tanya Karoli Christensen’s home page: Dr Tanya Karoli Christensen - Research Profile (https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/persons/tanya-karoli-christensen)
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December 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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“Forensic linguistics is an attempt to improve the delivery of justice through the analysis of language”

In this episode of The We Society @timgrant123.bsky.social @aifl.bsky.social discusses how language analysis can help solve crimes & lead to justice for all: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/grant
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Writing Wrongs from @aifl.bsky.social explores historic and contemporary forensic linguistic cases. Join @timgrant123.bsky.social and @drniccimacleod.bsky.social as they discuss Derek Bentley's story: 🎙️ media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/dere...
Derek Bentley: Death by Ambiguity
In this first episode of a two-part case, Dr Nicci MacLeod and Professor Tim Grant discuss Derek Bentley’s story and the miscarriages of justice that occurred when he was found guilty of murder and re...
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Reposted by Tim Grant
“Forensic linguistics is an attempt to improve the delivery of justice through the analysis of language.” In this ep. of the We Society Will Hutton is joined by @timgrant123.bsky.social @aifl.bsky.social to discuss how language analysis can help lead to justice. podfollow.com/the-we-socie...
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Have you seen our Forensic Linguistics elements series? Edited by @timgrant123.bsky.social & Tammy Gales, this series offers cutting-edge research, theoretical advancements, & discussions of historical development across all areas of language & law.

https://cup.org/48Ah0ac

#LangSky 🐦🐦 #CrimSky
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Reposted by Tim Grant
🎥Check out this video introduction to the new #CambridgeElement

"Trust, Discourse, and Corporate Corruption" by Matteo Fuoli, Adam Nix, Alicia Wickert, & Annina Van Riper, part of the Elements in Forensic Linguistics

🔗 https://cup.org/3VXRofO

#Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
October 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Reposted by Tim Grant
Have you seen our Forensic Linguistics elements series? Edited by @timgrant123.bsky.social & Tammy Gales, this series offers cutting-edge research, theoretical advancements, & discussions of historical development across all areas of language & law.

https://cup.org/48Ah0ac

#LangSky 🐦🐦 #CrimSky
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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The Derek Bentley Case 👇

In a gripping two-part series, the Writing Wrongs podcast investigates one of the UK’s most infamous miscarriages of justice: the tragic story of Derek Bentley, who was sentenced to death in 1953.
September 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 Season 2 of our podcast Writing Wrongs starts tomorrow! 🚨

❗ Not one, but two episodes ❗
Find out all about the infamous Derek Bentley case - executed in 1953 for his participation in the murder of a police officer, and acquitted forty-five years later in 1998.

#podcast
#truecrime
#lingsky
September 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Reposted by Tim Grant
I'm doing my annual update to my list of linguistics and language podcasts:
www.superlinguo.com/post/1584480...

If you listen to anything that's not already on the list, please let me know about it! (I wait until something has 5 episode before adding it to the list)
Linguistics and Language Podcasts
Looking for podcasts about language and linguistics? Here’s a comprehensive list with descriptions! I’ve also mentioned if shows have transcripts. If there are any I missed, let me know! Linguistics...
www.superlinguo.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Season 2 of Writing Wrongs starts next Friday with a double-bill 🤫🤐

But I can tell you that Episode 4 is going to involve a live recording as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science - and that you can come along!

#podcast
#truecrime
#lingsky #langsky
#academicsky
#forensiclinguistics
🌟 Writing Wrongs Live! 🌟

We warmly invite you to our Writing Wrongs live event on the 22nd of October, 4-6pm at the Steelhouse Lane Lock-Up in Birmingham, UK!

You can now register following the link below 👇

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wr...
Writing Wrongs - LIVE!
Every sentence tells a story, every word leaves a trace. Join Tim and Nicci for a special recording in front of a live audience.
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August 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
22nd August - so we walked up to the memorial at the top of Bosworth Field.

Of course about 30 years after it was built the archaeologist showed they’d put it in the wrong place - he died in the swamp at the bottom of the hill, like Shakespeare said.

And then got buried in the Leicester car park
August 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It has been so much fun contributing to this podcast

Can't wait for the release of Season 2 to start ... first Friday of each month ... so that's September 5th for Season 2!

#truecrime
#podcast
#forensiclinguistics
#appliedlinguistics
#linguistics
#academicsky
#langsky #lingsky
#TeamAston
That was season 1 of the Writing Wrongs podcast! Dr Nicci MacLeod and Tim Grant have taken a case-by-case look at the field of forensic linguistics in action throughout 8 episodes 👇
August 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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That was season 1 of the Writing Wrongs podcast! Dr Nicci MacLeod and Tim Grant have taken a case-by-case look at the field of forensic linguistics in action throughout 8 episodes 👇
August 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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🔎 Decoding slang meaning and forensic linguistics 🔎

@timgrant123.bsky.social and @drniccimacleod.bsky.social discuss how important slang is in forensic linguistics casework in the Season One Series finale of Writing Wrongs.

You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or any podcast platform
August 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
That was fun, I was just able to explain how a phrasal verb works under cross examination in a criminal trial.

Everyday a teaching day

#forensiclinguistics
August 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
‼️Out now‼️
🎙️Writing Wrongs🎙️our Season One Series finale:
🎧 ❗ Listen Now❗🎧
⁉️ The Questions and Answers Episode⁉️

You can listen on any podcast platform or direct from 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs for the full answer to this question and more..

❓ Do forensic linguists get cases involving slang❓
August 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Colleague @drniccimacleod.bsky.social co-host, forensic linguist, Ghostbuster!

🎙️Writing Wrongs🎙️podcast series final tomorrow!

Catchup on the whole series today on every podcast platform or at 👉 aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

#academicsky
#langsky
#forensiclinguistics
#linguistics
#truecrime
#podcast
July 31, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Really excited by this episode - we got to sift through our listeners’ questions and answer as many as we could.

It’s out on Friday - and if you want to catch up between now and then, there are seven case file episodes you can listen to right now!

👉 🎙️ www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs
July 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Really excited by this episode - we got to sift through our listeners’ questions and answer as many as we could.

It’s out on Friday - and if you want to catch up between now and then, there are seven case file episodes you can listen to right now!

👉 🎙️https://www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs
🔊 Dropping this Friday, the Series 1 finale of Writing Wrongs, the AIFL podcast! 🔊

@timgrant123.bsky.social and @drniccimacleod.bsky.social will be answering some of the questions that have come in from listeners over the course of the past 7 episodes 👇👇👇
July 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reposted by Tim Grant
I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on the ‘Writings Wrongs’ podcast, where we discussed the Aiya Napa rape case and my trial evidence. I highly recommend this episode and the whole podcast: https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/forensic-linguistics/writing-wrongs
Appearance on the Writing Wrongs podcast
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of being a guest on the ‘Writings Wrongs’ podcast. The episode covered the events of the Aiya Napa rape case and the evidence I presented at the trial. Like all other episodes, the hosts do an amazing job explaining everything in detail but in a really accessible way. I highly recommend this episode, as well as the whole podcast! You can find it here:
andreanini.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY🚨

🎙️Writing Wrongs podcast🎙️

A true crime forensic linguistics podcast from @aifl.bsky.social
- Every word leaves a trace

Season1️⃣ Episode7️⃣: "They Said, She Said: The Ayia Napa Rape Case"

👉 Listen 🎧 aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs 🎧

#truecrime
#podcast
#academicsky
#linguistics
Writing Wrongs
aston.ac.uk
July 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Our next episode of our🎙️Writing Wrongs 🎙️ podcast is out tomorrow.

It concerns the 2019 Asia Napa Rape case involving a British teenager on holiday in Cyprus. A few days after the report a retraction is produced.

⚖️ *She says* the words were not her own
⚖️ *They said* she had made a false allegation
🎙️ Who wrote the retraction, the Greek police or the British teenager? - Episode 7 of the Writing Wrongs podcast out tomorrow 🎙️

In this episode, our hosts @drniccimacleod.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social discuss the Ayia Napa rape allegation case with @andreanini.com 👇
July 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I hadn’t seen this had been put out here. I’m of course truely delighted.
Former AIFL director Professor
@timgrant123.bsky.social won @astonuniversity.bsky.social's prestigious Chancellor's Medal this year, presented at the Charter Dinner last week. AIFL Deputy Director @drniccimacleod.bsky.social collected from Aston's Chancellor, Dr Jason Wouhra OBE, on Tim's behalf.
June 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM