Angela Buckley’s The Real Sherlock Holmes is Jerome Caminada, the infamous Manchester Detective. Amelia Fletcher-Jones interviews Angela and review the book.
Gangs of Manchester by Andrew Davies
Victorian leisure and crime historian, Andrew Davies recently spoke about his book, Gangs of Manchester at a late night lecture at the Manchester Art Gallery. Charlotte Johnson interviews him about his past and current work on the working classes in Manchester and other British cities.
Armchair detectives: Lucy Worsley’s A Very British Murder
Caroline Bishop reviews Lucy Worsley’s recent BBC series and book, A Very British Murder.
Criminal minds
Our morbid fascination of crime is never more virulent than in the case of the serial killer. Evie Hull looks at serial killers throughout the ages.
A crime before its time
Last month, the Belgians legalised euthanasia, a definitive moment in the changing understanding of suicide. Helen Chapman discovers how the definition of crime has changed through time.