Pleased to know you’re going to use it with students.

As well as the two Bentley episodes there’s two on Timothy Evans (S1 Ep1&2) which are in some ways linked.

If you can't wait until then, listen - or re-listen - to the the first two episodes of Season 1 about conviction of Timothy Evans executed in 1950.

⁉️ Bonus quiz - Spot the surprising crossover character who has a significant bit part in both stories. ⁉️

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➡️ Season 1 available right now on all podcast channels or from www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

➡️ Season 2 available from Friday 5th September with the Bentley double-bill and thereafter on the first Friday of each month
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🎧 Season 2 Episode 2: 🎙️ Derek Bentley - Let him say it 🎙️ (with Professor Malcolm Coulthard) 🎧

At the 1998 appeal the linguistic analysis of Prof Malcolm Coulthard showed that Bentley's statement to the police, had in fact been written by the police.

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🚨Out tomorrow🚨
🎧 Season 2 Episode 1: 🎙️ Derek Bentley - Death by Ambiguity 🎙️ 🎧

At the original trial ❗not one, but two ❗ important linguistic ambiguities enabled the prosectors to convict and execute him.

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Check out the full special issue! We're in excellent company @mathewgillings.bsky.social @katebarber.bsky.social @danaroemling.bsky.social @timgrant123.bsky.social

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Are you aware of Writing Wrongs - our forensic linguistics true crime podcast.

Season 1 - available now

Season 2 - from 5th Sept then 1st Friday of each month

From www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs or any podcast platform

If you are a teacher please do advertise it to your students.

As well as being of interest to students of English or Languages, it will interest psychology or sociology A level groups.
here's the Season One poster- For bigger files to print for a classroom wall, write to writingwrongs@aston.ac.uk

It will be suitable for a general adult audience interested in forensic linguistics and true crime and also for schools audience groups (GCSE / A levels). The podcast it self contains more adult themes (but nothing that they won't have watched on Netflix) but the live event won't be explicit.

If you are more broadly interested in forensic linguistics and the kind of evidence we give, we have a podcast (doesn’t everyone!) It’s called “Writing Wrongs” and you can find it on all podcast platforms or at www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

A phrasal verb is a multi word verb where the individual words can me unrelated to the overall meaning.

The standard English examples I came up with in court were “to take after your father” or “look after your mother” - meanings of “take” “look” and “after” don’t relate to the phrasal meanings.