Amy Helen Bell
@amyhelenbell.bsky.social
Historian of Modern Britain: WW2, murder, forensics, female criminals. Latest book- Under Cover of Darkness: Murders in Wartime London (Yale, 2024). Likes cakes.
Excellent piece about the impact of borders and visas on academic participation @thenacbs.bsky.social @jbritishstudies.bsky.social www.nacbs.org/post/invisib...
Invisible Barriers to British Studies: Unequal Mobilities of Academic Conference Participation
"In the end, while we as academics cannot fix the system alone, we can start by listening, advocating, and building a more inclusive academic community where no scholar is repeatedly left out because ...
www.nacbs.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Excellent piece about the impact of borders and visas on academic participation @thenacbs.bsky.social @jbritishstudies.bsky.social www.nacbs.org/post/invisib...
Reposted by Amy Helen Bell
"It’s the grubbiness that comes through: the smell of families — told to use no more than five inches of bathwater a week between them — crammed into shelters where a bucket served for a toilet."
On @amyhelenbell.bsky.social's UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS:
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
On @amyhelenbell.bsky.social's UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS:
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Under Cover of Darkness by Amy Helen Bell review — the dark side of wartime London
The capital during the Blitz wasn’t all heroic firefighters and whistling milkmen — thieves and even serial killers lurked in the shadows
www.thetimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"It’s the grubbiness that comes through: the smell of families — told to use no more than five inches of bathwater a week between them — crammed into shelters where a bucket served for a toilet."
On @amyhelenbell.bsky.social's UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS:
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
On @amyhelenbell.bsky.social's UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS:
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Very excited (and a bit nervous) about this live talk on @ww2tv.bsky.social today!
A new week on WW2TV starting with @amyhelenbell.bsky.social later today
www.youtube.com/live/qrg07nE...
Murders and Crime in wartime London
2.00pm ET, 7.00pm GMT
www.youtube.com/live/qrg07nE...
Murders and Crime in wartime London
2.00pm ET, 7.00pm GMT
November 25, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Very excited (and a bit nervous) about this live talk on @ww2tv.bsky.social today!
Reposted by Amy Helen Bell
This is a remarkable new digital archive of the Foundling Hospital's records. 100,000 pages made available online with the help of 6,500 volunteers! Well done to all involved 👏
Exciting new digital resource - Foundling Hospital Archive - half a million records- lives of 27,000 children in the Hospital’s care, their mothers’ circumstances, and the Hospital’s operation and guiding principles coramstory.org.uk/the-foundlin... #skystorians 🗃️
Foundling Hospital Archive - Coram Story
The Foundling Hospital archive contains some half a million documents dating from the 1730s and reveals the lives of the children in its care.
coramstory.org.uk
November 18, 2024 at 9:03 AM
This is a remarkable new digital archive of the Foundling Hospital's records. 100,000 pages made available online with the help of 6,500 volunteers! Well done to all involved 👏
Last year, I published a memoir/ criminal history about my father’s role in defending two murderers in a notorious case in 1970s New Brunswick. It was difficult to reveal personal details of my life but it helped me connect with other people touched by the trial and aftermath
November 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Last year, I published a memoir/ criminal history about my father’s role in defending two murderers in a notorious case in 1970s New Brunswick. It was difficult to reveal personal details of my life but it helped me connect with other people touched by the trial and aftermath
My latest book - Under Cover of Darkess - Murders in Blackout London- just came out with @yalebooks.bsky.social and I’m very proud of it
November 14, 2024 at 1:46 PM
My latest book - Under Cover of Darkess - Murders in Blackout London- just came out with @yalebooks.bsky.social and I’m very proud of it
I’m excited to be here! To introduce myself- I’m an awkward Canadian historian who writes criminal histories
November 14, 2024 at 1:44 PM
I’m excited to be here! To introduce myself- I’m an awkward Canadian historian who writes criminal histories