Historian • Writer • Broadcaster • Professor • Presenter of 'Killing Victoria' on @BBCSounds 🎙️
Edge Hill University
Joined January 2009
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Exciting News! I've made a podcast documentary series for the BBC. 'Killing Victoria' tells the remarkable stories of seven men who attacked the Queen. Episode one is OUT NOW!
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dz9dq…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4TX8UB…
The YouTube video I made for WIRED just hit a million views! It’s crazy to think that so many people have watched me talking about Victorian history, but I’m glad it’s for a project I’m really proud of: youtu.be/10iYlK7bsJw?is=jN-0…
An article I wrote about Victorian murders has just been published by HistoryExtra! For now, it seems to be exclusive to their Apple News feed, but if you have access and fancy a bit of gory reading, you can check it out here: apple.news/AhRjyyMYmSeykuvtB…
I’m proud — and very surprised! — to have been selected as a winner of one of Edge Hill’s inaugural research awards. I won in the ‘Changemaker’ category, which recognises people whose work has a real-world impact. Great that the panel recognised the value of public history.
The latest History Extra is out, and this month’s Ask The Experts feature is all about inaccurate historical films. Delighted to have a pull-quote from my response on the cover! You’ll have to grab a copy to see what film I’m talking about, but longtime followers will know.
I'm giving a public talk in Manchester on 15th June! Come to the Track Brewery to hear the remarkable story of a Victorian royal assassin. Tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/what-should…
I have an op ed in The @Telegraph this morning ruminating on how the Victorians approached death and funerals, in case you fancy reading something cheerful this morning. In print, or online: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03…
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I like in a nonfiction book when all the sudden there's a big break for a pictures section. The author's like "oh by the way these are the guys I was telling you about."
I made a video for @WIRED answering strange questions from the internet about Victorian history! youtu.be/10iYlK7bsJw?si=nC5p…
I’m on TV tonight! Check out the first episode of Britain’s Railway Empire at 8pm on Channel 4.
It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.
New job alert! We’re hiring a full-time, permanent new Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in 20thC American History at @edgehill.
Come work with our fab team of historians and students. jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX206/lectur…
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Jack the Ripper has haunted our headlines for over a century but can our historians figure out which headline was from back in 1888... or now? 📰🔎
Even more importantly, will @FernRiddell defeat @DigiVictorian in this quiz?!
🟡 Jack The Ripper: #WrittenInBlood Tuesdays 9pm
Prof Bob Nicholson retweeted
The press seemed to have little empathy for the woman slain by Jack the Ripper, as historians @FernRiddell and @DigiVictorian discover from the horrific headlines of 1888. 📰
🟡 Jack The Ripper: #WrittenInBlood Tuesdays 9pm
Prof Bob Nicholson retweeted
What did people think of the police when Jack the Ripper was on his rampage? Our historians @FernRiddell and @DigiVictorian find out from the headlines of the day. 📰
🟡 Jack The Ripper: #WrittenInBlood Tuesdays 9pm
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1925
ALT The Republicans love the tariff, but grow hysterical whenever its iniquities are exposed. --The Commercial Appeal, 26 Dec 1925
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Jack the Ripper became headline news in 1888 but did the press invent a killer for their own gain? 📰 🩸 Even if it kept that brutal murderer on the loose...
This is Jack The Ripper: #WrittenInBlood.
🟡 Available 8 April
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Were the public actually enjoying Jack the Ripper's rampage? @FernRiddell and @DigiVictorian look for answers in the headlines of 1888. 📰
🟡 Jack The Ripper: #WrittenInBlood available 8 April
Prof Bob Nicholson retweeted
How did the headlines of the day describe Jack the Ripper? 📰 Historians @FernRiddell and @DigiVictorian look over the papers of 1888 for insights into the time.
🟡 Jack The Ripper: #WrittenInBlood available 8 April