Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Hannah Chaplin (pictured), the mother of Charlie Chaplin and a actress, singer and dancer in her own right, was born on 6th August 1865.

If you've read "The Case of the Lyall Lighthouse" from the Bow Street Society Casebook, then you might enjoy MattRPD's playthrough of the "Eilean Mor" demo that is based on the real-life disappearance of three lighthouse keepers that partly inspired me to write my story: youtu.be/xKspIxCIp8o?...

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day "Morning, Catskill Valley (the Red Oaks)" (pictured) was painted by George Inness in 1894.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day "Noite na Taverna" (translation: "A Night in the Tavern") by Álvares de Azevedo was published posthumously in 1855. It's considered to be one of the most popular and influential works of Gothic fiction in Brazilian literature.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Today's fact is another piece of C19th slang commonly heard on the streets of East London. Steever's worth of copper. Meaning: one penny.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Today's fact is a photograph showing Ludgate Circus, London, where Fleet Street, Ludgate Hill, Farringdon Street, and New Bridge Street met. The photograph was taken c.1896.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Comedian of the music halls in the 1920s Tommy Lorne (pictured) was born Hugh Gallagher Corcoran in Kirkintilloch, Scotland on 7th December 1890.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day "Evicted" (pictured) was painted in 1892 by Erik Henningsen.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day The gothic fiction work "Night and Morning" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton was published in 1841.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Today's fact is C19th phrase commonly heard on the streets: Masterpiece o' night work. Meaning: Admiringly said of a handsome unfortunate.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Edward Jones (pictured), also known as "The boy Jones", who famously broke into Buckingham Palace several times between 1838 and 1841, was born on 7th April 1824.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day English music hall and variety theatre singer and performer Clarice Mayne (pictured) was born Clarice Mabel Dulley on 6th February 1886.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day This photograph, taken by S.S. Finlay and published in 1903, shows Mrs. Robert Locke holding her cats ‘Calif’ (centre), ‘Siam’ (on her lap), and ‘Bangkok’ (on her shoulder).

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day "A Long Fatal Love Chase" (pictured) was written by Louisa May Alcott in 1866 but wasn't published until over one hundred years later in 1995.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Arguably one of the most popular and prolific romantic novelists of the C20th Ruby M. Ayres (see colourised image) was born Ruby Mildred Ayres on 28th January 1881 in Watford, England.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day "Northanger Abbey" (pictured) by Jane Austen was published posthumously in 1817.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day "Morgenstunde" (translation: "Morning Hour") (pictured) was painted by Moritz von Schwind in 1858.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Playwright and novelist Edward Knoblock (pictured) who wrote the play "Kismet" (1911) was born on 7th April 1874.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Today's fact is a C19th phrase heard amongst the lower classes in the 1880s. Snossidge. Meaning: Sausage.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Writer and playwright Aimée McHardy Stuart (pictured), known for the memoir "An Airman’s Wife" (1918) and writing plays with Philip Stuart including "Nine Till Six" (1930) was born in 1886.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day "A November Morning" (pictured) was painted by John Atkinson Grimshaw in 1883.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day The gothic novel "Trilby" (pictured) by George du Maurier was published in 1894

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day English radical journalist, writer, editor, publisher, and prominent secularist who was imprisoned for blasphemy in 1883, G. W. Foote (pictured) was born 11th January 1850.

MEET THE AUTHOR - T.G. Campbell I've had a few new followers recently so I thought it was time to reintroduce myself!

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Today's fact is a C19th phrase commonly heard amongst thieves. Cat-sneaking. Meaning: Stealing public-house pots.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day English-born American gentleman bandit Charles E. Boles (pictured), a notorious robber of stagecoaches in & around Northern California and Southern Oregon in the 1870s & 1880s, was born c.1829.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day "Morning Awakening" (pictured) was painted by Eva Gonzalès in 1876.

BOOKS, BEAMISH & BOLSOVER In this month’s blog, I share some of my October highlights: bowstreetsociety.com/books-beamis...

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Former chorus girl-turned-screenwriter Elizabeth Meehan (pictured) was born on 22nd August 1894 on the Isle of Wight.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day The novella "Ward No. 6" (pictured) by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was published in 1892.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day "John Brown at Frogmore" (pictured) was painted in 1883 by Carl Rudolph Sohn from an 1882 photograph.

@bschillace.brandyschillace.com Hello! 😊 Could I be added to your Mystery Writers Starter Pack, please? I write a crime fiction series about a group of ordinary people using the skills & knowledge from their ordinary jobs to solve extraordinary crimes in C19th London. Thanks! ❤️

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day British screenwriter and director Norman Lee who directed "Bulldog Drummond at Bay" (1937) (pictured) was born on 10th October 1898.

The next episode of "T.G. Campbell In Conversation with..." is now LIVE. This month I chat to crime writer & author of the bestselling Smart Woman’s mystery series and the Charlotte Blood Chronicles, Victoria Dowd @victoriadowd.bsky.social Watch: youtu.be/fVifkkyXR34?...

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Today's fact is another C19th phrase commonly heard amongst the lower classes. Proper donas and rorty blokes. Meaning: Good and true women and men.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day British music hall performer Daisy Dormer, (pictured) was born Kezia Beatrice Stockwell on 16th January 1883.

I appeared on the podcast by Richard A Boxshall yesterday at Authors at the Armouries. Authors T.G.Campbell @bowstreetsociety.bsky.social and A.J.Roberts @skeffington.bsky.social also appear. You can listen to our chat here.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day The novella "Undine" (pictured) by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué was published in 1811.

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Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day "A May Morning in the Park" (pictured) was painted by Thomas Eakins in 1880.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Today's fact is a photograph of a well-dressed lady sporting an impressive hairstyle and hat combinstion, taken by B. Lowe of Ilkley near Leeds in Yorkshire c.1870s - 80s.

Missed my chat in the UK Crime Book Club yesterday? You can watch it on catch-up here: www.youtube.com/watc...

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day "Forest in Autumn" (pictured) was painted by Gustave Courbet in 1841.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Today's fact is another C19th phrase from the 1880s: Keep yourself good all through. Meaning: Keep yourself unspotted from the world.

At 7:30PM (BST) tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd October) me and Caroline Maston will be chatting via live stream in the @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social Facebook group. We look forward to seeing you then! Join UKCBC: www.facebook.com/groups/ukcri...

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day Today's fact is a photograph of a street locksmith from the 1870s. Bow Street Society member, illusionist, and gentleman thief Mr Percy Locke is certainly good friends with this tradesman.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day English lion comique (a C19th comic singer who parodied the upper class "toffs" in their act), G. H. MacDermott, who performed as The Great MacDermott, (pictured) was born John Farrell on 27th February 1845.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day The Eureka Machine (pictured), used to generate Latin verses, was invented by John Clark and first exhibited in 1845.

Bow Street Society Trivia of the Day The gothic work "The Rider on the White Horse" (German: "Der Schimmelreiter") (pictured) by Theodor Storm was published in 1888.

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