Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride. They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.

We are extremely lucky to kick off day two with our amazing keynote! The amazing @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social discussing Golden Age Detective Fiction as War Fiction. 🕵🏻‍♀️🔪✨ #GoldenAgeDetectiveFiction @stefanoserafini.bsky.social @jcbernthal.com @tinahodgkinson.bsky.social @carolinederry.bsky.social

DAY ONE 🕵🏻‍♀️🔪🧶 is underway! ✨ We are so excited for some amazing papers this morning. Are you joing us? What panel are you excited for?! 🕵🏿‍♀️🔪🧶 @fsucci.bsky.social @jcbernthal.com @stefanoserafini.bsky.social @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social @michellekazmer.bsky.social @tinahodgkinson.bsky.social

This has been an exciting week, and is ending with the fantastic @goldenagemysteries.bsky.social conference. So many exciting papers today, and so many to come tomorrow!

I'm writing a book about an 1885 scandal where young girls were exploited and sold to rich men. If you want to hear about my research, as well as @carolinederry.bsky.social work on the case, join us at the Women's Library in October. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-london...

Programme - which looks amazing - and booking now available: forms.office.com/e/kDuNLRwQX6

A delight to attend and speak of the book launch of this awesome volume. It shows various ways in which law students can be introduced to legal history. A great addition to our book series. Congratulations to @carolinederry.bsky.social and Carol Howells and their contributors!

6pm tonight! Still a few hours to register.

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

Having a lovely time at the SLS Conference - my last one co- convening the Legal History stream! And enjoying seeing my books here ☺️

One of the things that gives me a flicker of hope for my country is when groups like the Quakers, the RNLI, the Women's Institute and the National Trust stand up for common decency. I just don't understand why the Labour Party can't.

Disgusting.

Excited to invite you to the launch of Legal History in the Curriculum: Comparative Perspectives, Critical Approaches and Future Directions. Hear from contributors on how and why to teach it, and its subversive potential! 6pm, Monday 8 Sept, online. Booking: forms.office.com/e/VFgwKs9iHM

Excited to invite you to the launch of Legal History in the Curriculum: Comparative Perspectives, Critical Approaches and Future Directions. Hear from contributors on how and why to teach it, and its subversive potential! 6pm, Monday 8 Sept, online. Booking: forms.office.com/e/VFgwKs9iHM

100 Women's Rights Organisations, including @rapecrisis.bsky.social, @refugecharity.bsky.social, & @evawuk.bsky.social have signed a letter warning that attempts to link rape & violence against women & girls to immigration is a racist distraction. They urge the govt to address dangerous narrative

✉️ You're invited to The Open University Archive's Heritage Open Days. Step into the past with: ✅ Guided campus tours (booking req.) ✅ Brand new exhibitions & displays ✅ OU Archive Cinema – drop-in screenings ✅ Live music from Open Voices FREE event 👉 www.open.ac.uk/library/libr... #MiltonKeynes

Apropos of today’s news I just had a piece published in Radical Philosophy about the turn towards biological essentialism in law and policy. I’m arguing the SC decision in FWS and attempts to restrict disability welfare fundamentally come from the same place of wanting to limit state protections

Research request from some great colleagues.

Very happy to get a book parcel! Legal History in the Curriculum is published - 20% off with code 2SESE3 This was a joy to edit, thanks to the fantastic contributors. They make a compelling case for including legal history in our teaching - and ideas for how to do it. #LegalHistory

My PhD colleagues Georgia Boyd and Gabriel Omachi are organising a multidisciplinary colloquium on researching sensitive topics. Call for papers deadline: 15 August. #CFP

The far right terrorising asylum seekers in hotels love to spread the lie they’re worried about the risk of sexual assault. But here’s the truth: Two in five men arrested for last summer’s riots had been reported for domestic abuse. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

And *that* is how a PhD prepares you for a career in academia.

Fab 🧵 and post. Bonus fun fact: the legal test for insanity is still the same as in the 19th century.

I donate regularly - it's easy, and you get to visit new buildings and eat free snacks 😊

@historyworkshop.org.uk is seeking to appoint two Editorial Fellows for the period October 2025 to September 2027. This is a paid, part-time role that supports early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/article/hist...

Thank you to everyone involved in organising the conference ‘1885 and its long shadow: sexual offences in historical context’ today, and to those who gave one of the very interesting papers on offer!

Super excited to join this amazing workshop today and talk about feminist activism against child sexual abuse in 1930s and 1950s Britain!

All true!

Looking forward to talking about the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 later at this event organised by @carolinederry.bsky.social and @drcisme.bsky.social - lots of fascinating speakers.

Congratulations @jcbernthal.com !

🗡#CWADaggers And the Short Story Dagger 2024 WINNER is… JC BERNTHAL, for ‘A Date on Yarmouth Pier’ Published in Midsummer Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards (Flame Tree Press)

Good to see this publication on the role and space of legal history in a law curriculum published—with a contribution by a good friend and colleague from @um-foundations.bsky.social @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social, Mariken Lenaerts

Great to see that this excellent book has been published - congratulations to the editors. A great addition to our series. Looking forward to receiving a physical copy!

Very excited that Legal History in the Curriculum is now published! It brings together amazing contributors from around the world, looking at how and why to teach legal history. Special thanks to @sandbergrlaw.bsky.social - contributor, series editor, and more!

To think people complain about lawyers and law students using generative AI when this is what our predecessors got up to.

If you are interested in historicising, contextualising, or rewriting #truecrime, join @lizzieseal.bsky.social, me, and our 8+1 speakers! The conference is free and open but registration is required - see the programme and follow the link 👇 drive.google.com/file/d/1tLdN...

'At the moment, children are the only proceeds of crime that a criminal gets to keep.' <--- great article and very good point! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“Students should be ready to be shocked and offended at university…” The political fetishisation of “being offensive” ignores how, what and why people learn. The purpose of university is not for students to hear a random selection of “shocking views” but for them to think critically AND rigorously.

I do not think it is possible to do something more mortifying in court

We should always value when students trust us with their errors. It is the necessary vulnerability that produces real learning.

Anyone saying ‘DEI’ here in the UK is telling you very directly where their hate is imported from.

Are you a neurodivergent researcher who uses archives? We want to hear from you! We will be running our 1st Divergent Minds in the Archive workshop at Imperial War Museum on 4th July, 10-4.15. More info👇🏻. Sign up here lnkd.in/eUFBQg3p. Closing date for applications June 4th #skyhistorians

'1885 and its long shadow: Sexual offences in historical context.' 1885 was a year of scandals, outrage & legal change. This workshop explores the events of 1885, their consequences & contemporary effects. <--- Sign up below for free! @carolinederry.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1885-and-i...

Last day to submit!!!!!

You still have a whole day! More than 24 hours!

Laws passed by parliament in EIGHTEEN FUCKING SIXTY ONE

NOTCHES is a collaborative and international history of sexuality blog that aims to get people inside and outside the academy thinking about sexuality in the past and in the present. We’ve left Twitter so do follow NOTCHES on Bluesky at @notchesblog.bsky.social Please share widely!

This meeting could have been screamed into the abyss xox

You have until this Friday to submit an abstract for '1885 and its long shadow: sexual offences in historical context'. It's going to be a fantastic interdisciplinary workshop - we already have some exciting submissions! Questions? Contact me or @drcisme.bsky.social #CFP #LegalHistory

Why it matters how we write history, in a nutshell.