Dr Sophie Michell
@sophiemhistory
Death and crime historian, family researcher, teller of tales. Visiting fellow at the Open University. Obsessed with inquests.
Happy birthday to @cbuckthorn.bsky.social, the old beaut who never ages a day and looks young enough to be my daughter according to a woman in Cote
The boys wanted a cat they could take home THAT DAY but she was so yowly and affectionate that I couldn’t imagine leaving her My reward has been seven years of withering glares because she loves Tom more than me. But I love her.
Instead, Georgina fought him every single step of the way. What a woman. What a strange, clever, extraordinary woman.
No cheating post your lock screen For some reason, we peaked in May 2022 and have not forgotten
Back to work tomorrow, mentally here (on a ferry, having ferry wine)
Imagine if they’d asked a single historian whether there might be anything under Cowgate roundabout Like, the city’s OLD CEMETERY
Nowt on Ordnance Survey now or in the 1880s but it doesn't appear on the 2020 aerial survey on google maps:
Someone wrote this joke tweet and honestly, I think it contributed to the ongoing transphobic nonsense
I went to Thorney this afternoon with @pborowomenshist.bsky.social and got to yell about my ongoing beef with Thomas Wakley (1795-1862)
My youngest is eleven today! THE TRAIN-CHILD?? SO OLD?? Naturally, we are off to look at trains.
It’s that time of year where I must thank my father for my whole face