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Hearing loss

“Eh? What? Pardon?”

Posted on 13 June 2022 by admin

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...

Out and about

Fearful and Wonderful – in Bury St Edmunds

Posted on 26 October 2018 by admin

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...

Books

The Back Doors to Death – at Highgate Cemetery

Posted on 26 September 2018 by admin

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...

Books

The Back Doors to Death: Alfred Swaine Taylor talk at Highgate Cemetery – Thursday 20th September

Posted on 30 July 2018 by admin

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...

Books/Reviews/Writing

The Guardian’s Best summer books 2018, as picked by writers

Posted on 8 July 2018 by admin

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...

Out and about

Interview: Jonathan Goodwin from Don’t Go Into The Cellar! Theatre Company

Posted on 7 May 2018 by admin

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...

Books/Out and about

Meet crime authors at Shrewsbury Waterstone’s

Posted on 6 April 2018 by admin

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, ...

Books/History

Alfred Swaine Taylor and The Poisoned Chocolates Case

Posted on 8 February 2018 by admin

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...

Films/Personal/Reviews

“A hum in the drum”: Baby Driver, tinnitus, hearing loss and me

Posted on 27 January 2018 by admin

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...

Books/Films/Reviews/Television

Isolation in Iceland: thoughts on I Remember You

Posted on 28 November 2017 by admin

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 ...

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