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Lizzie Seal

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Professor of Criminology. Primarily interested in historical criminology and crime history. Current book project is The Mummy in the Cupboard Murder: Forensic Science, Magic and the Gothic Imagination. Views my own

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Exactly how many roads, Bob?

09.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ken Loach’s Picture of Dorian Gray

08.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My daughter today: β€˜It was fun but also quite boring’

Who says language has to mean anything

04.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Routledge International Handbook of Historical Criminology | Lynsey Black Call for titles and abstracts! The Routledge International Handbook of Historical Criminology edited by me, Esmorie Miller and Lizzie Seal If you’re interested and would like to submit a chapter abst...

@esmoriemiller.bsky.social @lizzieseal.bsky.social and I have out a call for abstracts/titles for the Routledge International Handbook of Historical Criminology - if you're interested take a look here: www.linkedin.com/posts/lynsey...

26.02.2026 09:50 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Obvs I was at school decades ago but this stuff is always framed so weirdly. When I learned about β€˜other cultures’, it was to learn stuff, not pass judgement on whether they were good or bad. I assume it’s still the same

02.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The crisis in HE means thousands of Labour voters are losing their jobs and the Labour government can’t be bothered to pass comment

27.02.2026 09:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot is text of call for abstracts for Routledge International Handbook of Historical Criminology. DM and I can send the document version

Screenshot is text of call for abstracts for Routledge International Handbook of Historical Criminology. DM and I can send the document version

Call for abstracts for the Routledge International Handbook of Historical Criminology. Pls repost

25.02.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The reliable rudeness of the British Library

22.02.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine being right wing in the way that you have to pretend Peter Thiel is a β€˜thinker’

18.02.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t know much about Jim Ratcliffe, but can’t a billionaire afford a haircut?

15.02.2026 11:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The whole policy towards HE belies it

31.01.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A mistake people make in relation to Matthew Goodwin is to attribute any seriousness to him. He realised he could position himself for a particular kind of public career and did it. That’s it

30.01.2026 13:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One the amazing things about this piece is that the author mentions a bust of Bari Weiss in the library as if it’s not deeply weird

17.01.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was Jenrick defecting to the Greens?

15.01.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2026 a joy and no mistake

07.01.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ebooks, please let me hover on footnotes/endnotes as standard

07.01.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s β€˜kidnapped’, not β€˜captured’

03.01.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Divine Comedy one is really nice, fao gen x indie fans

01.01.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Peter Buck of REM swiftly looked away when he realised I had noticed him

29.12.2025 22:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What Your Favorite Author Says About You (Behind Your Back) Agatha Christie: β€œI bet I could murder them and get away with it.” Ernest Hemingway: β€œFor sale. Two testicles. Never used.” George R. R. Martin: β€œH...

Mary Shelley: β€œDefinitely not a real goth. SMDH.”

Ralph Ellison: β€œOh god, not them againβ€”quick, hide!”

Jack Kerouac: β€œEven I think this guy is a bit much.”

20.12.2025 16:03 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Just had to sit down and take some deep breaths. Bought a book of first class stamps

19.12.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Impressed by the superhero like confidence of people who book one half of a sofa at the cinema

13.12.2025 12:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Appreciate Booking dot com asking if I’m β€˜excited’ to stay in a hotel just outside Birmingham (for the purposes of visiting my Mom’s grave)

03.12.2025 12:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have β€˜No More I Love Yous’ by Annie Lennox stuck in my head. It’s been stuck there since 1995

13.11.2025 12:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I wonder how often the police used mesmerists

23.10.2025 14:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh, details

23.10.2025 13:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel they are ahead of us on that score

19.10.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One teenage boy to another on the train β€˜You shouldn’t talk to your Mum like that’

Then

β€˜Or you won’t be able to get what you want’

18.10.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Fish and chips included. Wonder if she’s ever had a pizza

18.10.2025 11:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sass

12.10.2025 16:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0