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Ugly as Sin: Women, looks and criminality in the Park Lane Murder
Naomi Clifford digs into theories about criminality and physiognomy and asks whether they played a part in the Diblanc’s treatment in the popular press and in the criminal justice system. The murder is at the centre of her historical crime novel 13 Park Lane.
The Spectacular Downfall of a Victorian Detective
Chief Inspector Nathaniel Druscovich was the ‘golden boy’ of the Metropolitan Police detective division, who was caught up in a major corruption scandal and died in Vauxhall in disgrace. Druscovich appears as a character in Naomi’s recent true crime novel 13 Park Lane.
Mrs Meredith and the Convict Laundries of Vauxhall and Stockwell
Susanna Meredith was a Victorian philanthropist and social worker who established laundries for the employment of ex-convicts. The talk explores the history of laundry work as punishment and rehabilitation.
Under Fire: the wartime diaries of a Chelsea Volunteer Ambulance driver
Based around my book of the same name, this talk looks at the experiences of a debutante who joined the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service in Chelsea in the summer of 1940.
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Stockwell War Memorial at 100
For Lambeth History Unlocked
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By Her Own consent: The Murder of Mary Ashford and Rape Culture in the Georgian Era
1817: After the man accused of the rape and murder of a young Birmingham servant was acquitted, outraged local gentlemen funded a private prosecution. So why did they also blame the victim for her own fate?
