“Eh? What? Pardon?”
I haven’t updated this blog for an extremely long time as I’ve been working on other projects (check out Curzon/Harkstead), but here I am. As I wrot...
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Fearful and Wonderful – in Bury St Edmunds
Earlier in October, an auction was held at Lacy Scott & Knight auctioneers in Bury St Edmunds. A descendant of Alfred Swaine Taylor’s passed away at t...
The Back Doors to Death – at Highgate Cemetery
I was so pleased to be asked to give a talk on Alfred Swaine Taylor and nineteenth-century forensic science at the legendary Highgate Cemetery. It’s where...
The Back Doors to Death: Alfred Swaine Taylor talk at Highgate Cemetery – Thursday 20th September
Alfred Swaine Taylor, one of the most famous forensic scientists of his day, was laid to rest at Highgate Cemetery in north London in 1880. At my talk, find out...
The Guardian’s Best summer books 2018, as picked by writers
I had absolutely no idea at first that Fatal Evidence appeared in the Guardian’s Best summer books, as picked by writers. I noticed I had a new follower o...
Interview: Jonathan Goodwin from Don’t Go Into The Cellar! Theatre Company
I’ve been lucky enough to catch Jonathan Goodwin’s one-person shows Murder by Gaslight and Ghost Stories for Christmas. Soon, I’m off to see h...
Meet crime authors at Shrewsbury Waterstone’s
Meet crime authors from across the country at Shrewsbury Waterstone’s on Sunday 15th April from 2pm to 3.30pm. The branch is expanding its Crime Section, ...
Alfred Swaine Taylor and The Poisoned Chocolates Case
It might seem odd to think that Alfred Swaine Taylor, who died in 1880, could have anything to do with Anthony Berkeley’s 1929 novel The Poisoned Chocolat...
“A hum in the drum”: Baby Driver, tinnitus, hearing loss and me
I am very much behind the curve as it was only the other evening that I finally got round to watching Baby Driver. It shouldn’t have taken me so long beca...
Isolation in Iceland: thoughts on I Remember You
Having read Yrsa Sigurðardóttir’s novel I Remember You (Ég man þig) and seen the film adaptation, I found myself thinking about the theme of isolation. A ...