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bbcsherlock · 3 years ago

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spicybisous · 4 years ago

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Gemini Murderers: The Tyneside Strangler, Mary Bell

Trigger Warning: This post contains themes of child sexual abuse, murder, sexual solicitation, and child abduction. Caution is advised.

The Tyneside Strangler

Mary (nicknamed “May”) was born Mary Flora Bell on May 26th 1957 to Betty Bell (nee Elizabeth McCrickett)). Betty was just seventeen years old when she gave birth to Mary. It was unknown who Mary’s true biological father was, though she spent most of her life believing that her mother’s boyfriend (and later husband) Billy Bell. Billy was a habitual criminal who was eventually apprehended by police and charged with armed robbery.

Mary’s Home Life

Mary’s mother, Betty, was born in Gateshead in 1939, and was often described as very depressive and erratic. She became a prostitute in her early teens, and would frequently spend days or weeks away from home in Glasgow working. She was just seventeen years old when she gave birth to Mary, and due in part to Betty’s young age and her occupation, Betty made it excruciatingly clear that she did not want her baby. Just moments after Mary’s birth, Betty ordered doctors and orderlies to “take that thing away from me.”

Though Betty would be gone for weeks at a time at work, she would often attempt to give Mary away to friends and family, who all urged her to keep her baby and take responsibility for her. In fact, during the first few years of Mary’s life, it is said that Betty made multiple attempts to kill her daughter, making it look accidental,of course. Family members grew suspicious after Mary fell from a second-story window, and again when she mistakenly consumed sleeping pills; on one notable occasion, one witness could recall Betty giving her daughter sleeping pills “like candy.” After the fall, Mary’s medical evaluation showed that she had suffered brain damage in her prefrontal cortex, the area associated with decision-making and voluntary movements. Mary later reported that she fell victim to repeated sexual abuse. She stated that from the age of four, Betty would force her to engage in sexual acts with men, presumably, for money.

Mary was said to have displayed a number of dysfunctional behavior from a very early age, as observed by her teachers and peers. They would go on to recall how she would become extremely aggressive when upset by another child; her head would begin shaking violently, and she would frequently grab her peers by their throats. There were also complaints of Mary burning another student with a lit cigarette. Her aggressive behavior caused her to become isolated at school, as the other students grew fearful of her. On the rare occasion that someone confronted Mary regarding her actions, she spoke candidly and with little emotion.

Norma Jean Bell (1955-1989)

Norma Jean Bell (not related to Mary) was Mary’s nextdoor neighbor. All though Norma was two years older than Mary, intellectually, she was years behind her peers; because of this, she was said to have been very agreeable and easily influenced by others.

The slums of Scotswood were slowly being demolished in attempts to regenerate the area. Mary and Norma spent much of their time playing on a partially demolished street scattered with various derelict homes known as “Rat Alley.”

ATTACKED: Pauline

On May 12th, 1968, a local woman filed a complaint with the police, raising allegations that Mary had attempted to strangle her daughter, Pauline. Pauline described the incident, stating that Norma had pinned her to the ground while Mary grabbed her by the throat. Mary then began shoving sand into Pauline’s mouth. Eventually, Norma loosened her grip in Pauline, allowing her to get free and run back home. Unfortunately, the police failed to investigate the incident further.

MURDERED: Martin Brown (1964-1968)

On May 25th, four year old Martin was seen playing in the same neighborhood that Pauline was attacked in with his friends. Martin’s mother was alerted around 5:00pm that evening, claiming that Martin had seemingly been in an accident. When Martin’s mother arrived at Rat Alley, a group of neighbors stood outside as a man carried Martin’s lifeless body from one of the abandoned homes. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Newcastle hospital that night.

Though police were called to investigate Martin’s death, they were unable to draw a clear conclusion as to what had actually happened.

Nursery Break-In May 27th, 1968

On May 27th, just two days after Martin’s sudden and mysterious death, the Scotswood police were called to investigate a break-in at a local nursery. The police recovered three pieces of paper with the phrases “We murder. Watch out.” “I murder so that I may come back,” “We did murder Martin Brown” scibbled on them. Once again, the police dismissed the incident as a sick joke. The same day, Mary attended school and wrote the following excerpt in her daily journal:

“There were a crowd of people at an old house. I asked what was the matter. There has been a boy who just lay down and died.”

Near the bottom of her writing, she drew a picture of Martin with a bottle next to him, labelled with the word “tablet.” She also drew an emergency responder discovering the body. Again, this was brushed off.

MURDERED: Brian Howe (1965-1968)

A few months later, on July 31st, three year old Brian Howe accompanied some of the neighborhood kids in watching a few homes be demolished in Rat Alley. It is suggested that during this time, Mary and Norma had abducted Brian and took him to a nearby patch of uninhabited wasteland. Mary and Norma were the last two individuals to see Brian alive.

The Scotswood police received a call that night; they were asked to respond to a patch of wasteland, where they discovered the deceased body of Brian Howe. This time, it was very obvious to the police that the boy had been murdered.

Brian’s arms and legs were sprawled out from his half naked body. Pieces of his hair had been cut, and there were many unusual puncture wounds on his legs. It was later confirmed that these wounds were inflicted after Brian’s death, and Brian’s murderer had also mutilated his penis. The police immediately came to the conclusion that Brian’s murderer was young and a postmortem exam concluded that Brian’s cause of death was strangulation, and that the wounds on his legs were a poor attempt to leave initials on his body.

During the investigation, police were able to link Martin Brown’s death to Brian Howe, after realizing the striking similarities, and it was at this point that the police released an official statement that they were actively searching for a child-aged killer. They began interviewing people within the Rat Alley community, noticing that Mary would almost always appear and show great interest in the investigation. Additionally, she went around her school playground bragging about how she had strangled a boy. Many of Mary’s peers felt that she had some connection to the two boys’ murders, and finally, school administrators began noticing how strage Norma and Mary had been acting. Running with the neighborhood’s tips, the police requested to speak with Mary about her possible involvement in the murders, but were threatened by Billy Bell, her assumed father, instead.

At this point, the police were at a loss as to how to proceed with their investigation. Unable to interview Mary, they were unsure what other avenues they could take to bring justice for Brian and Martin. Mary was going to get away with it. It wasn’t until an alleged witness came forward, stating that they had seen the entirety of Brian’s murder. A nine year old boy from the nieghborhood claims he saw Mary and Norma murder and abuse three year old Brian Howe. Though the witness was nine, he suffered from a cognitive disability, which resulted in his mental maturity and functionality being somewhere closer to about four years of age. The boy explained to police how Mary had offered to massage Brian’s neck, convincing him that he had a sore throat which she was going to make better. Eventually, her grip grew tighter and tighter until Brian was dead.

Dr. Monica Rowbotham Child Psychologist

Both Mary and Norma were then questioned by police. Due to their young age, the police interviewed the girls alongside a child psychologist; Dr. Monica Rowbotham. Dr. Rowbotham explained that Mary seemed to be very high-strung and anxiety ridden, but also very tough and self assured.

David Bryson Mary Bell’s Lawyer

Mary’s lawyer, David Bryson, expressed that his client maintained her innocence in the incidents. It was said that Mary was distracted, asking for her mother and where her dog was. Both Mary and Norma were taken into legal custody that night. Because of Mary’s impeccable manners and inability to clearly understand the severity of the situation, police pitied her. Though she repeatedly denied any involvement in the murders, the evidence began stacking up against her.

Police had previously recovered a pair of scissors from the scene of Brian’s murder, and the notes from the scene of the break-in, as wellas Mary’s daily journals from school were all re-evaluated following her and Norma’s apprehension. Police immediately took notice of the drawing of Martin next to a bottle of pills, noting that that information was never made public, and only someone who was involved in his death would know.

On August 8th 1968 Mary and Norma Bell were formally charged with the murder of Brian Howe.

“Tears in court as girls are accused go boys’ murder.”

Mary and Norma’s trial kicked off on December 5th in Newcastle. Since the girls were so young, the BBC and ITV banned reporting on their news bulletins. The girls’ lawyers were also asked to sit beside them throughout the trial in order to ease their stress. During the trial, Mary and Norma both maintained their innocence, blaming one another for the murder. It was noted that Mary showed very little emotion (if any) until she underwent cross-examination. Only when she was asked if she attempted to strangle a pigeon, did she begin to cry. Throughout the trial, which lasted only nine days, Mary held her composure, and answered questions swiftly. Norma, on the other hand, seemed very unsure of herself and appeared coerced. After careful consideration of the girls’ testimonies and psychiatric evaluations, the jury determined that Mary had showed no remorse or anxiety throughout the trial process; they concluded thatMary demonstrated psychopathic tendencies and was a danger to society. Taking into consideration her mental evaluation, Mary Bell was found guilty of manslaughter on the ground of a diminished sense of responsibility. She was initially sentenced to life imprisonment. Norma Bell was acquitted of all charges on the grounds of being coerced and “simple-minded,” and she was able to return to her home in Scotswood.

Mary’s age was also greatly considered during her sentencing process, and the court determined that they needed to not only incarcerate Mary, but to rehabilitate her. Unfortunately, because of the uniqueness of her crimes, the court was unsure where to end her. It was reported that she was originally sent to an adult prison, but was later moved to Red Bank secure boarding school in Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire. Oddly enough, she seemed to fit right in during her six years there. It is worth noting that Mary was the only female student among twenty-two male students. However, due to the struggle to properly accommodate Mary and provide her a secure place to live within the facility, she was later moved to Brentwood, Essex, and enrolled in a facility for maladjusted children.

“Two Nights of Freedom with Mary Bell.”

During her stay, Mary’s mother Betty did her best to visit, but their relationship was strained. Mary repeatedly wrote her mother, begging her to take responsibility for the way she raised Mary so that she could be acquitted of the murders.

In 1972, Betty, who at this point was dependent on both alcohol and drugs, gave an interview wherein she blamed arguments between Billy and herself as the cause of Mary’s behavior. She claimed that Mary was unable to form meaningful connections with others. Following this interview, the general public agreed that Betty’s public breakdown was just one contributing factor of Mary’s problems. It was reported later that Mary was selling interviews and stories to news outlets, and selling pieces of Mary’s handwriting. In total, Mary spent just twelve years of her life in incarceration. Throughout her time served, she never once owned up to her crimes, nor did she display any sense of grief or guilt for the victims.

In 1972, the BBC show Midweek reported that Mary appeared in photographs, nearly naked and posed, as a child. The show also stated that Mary had been included in, as well as witnessed, sexual incidents while in holding. She was also apparently provided with pornographic books and photos. It is alleged that the photographs were taken by Mary’s mother, Betty. The photos ranged from Mary posed in her underwear, to Mary wearing some of her mother’s more suggestive clothing pieces. It was not clear at the time whether any staff members had been present when Betty took the photographs or not. In addition to the photos, the show made claims that Mary did not receive adequate mental assistance, and that the Department of Health and Social Security refused to investigate the issues accordingly. In 1977, newsbroke yet again after Mary and another inmate had successfully escaped from Moor Court, the prison facility in Staffordshire. The two women were picked up by a motorist and spent two days and two nights exploring pubs and taking the local train. It was reported that Mary escaped the prison in order to lose her virginity. After being apprehended by police once more, Mary was sent to Risley Remand Center for the next three years leading up to her official release.

“Mary Bell turns down offer of new identity.”

By the age of twenty-three, the court deemed her no longer a threat to children, and agreed to release her. She was even offered a new identity, which she turned down. Mary did go on to give birth to a daughter following her release from prison. She made the decision not to discuss the nature of her crimes with her child until she felt she was old enough to handle it, however, after media reporters discovered her daughter (and their home), they were sent literally running from reporters with sheets through over their heads. At this time, Mary’s daughter was fourteen years old, and both were granted life-long anonymity and new identities. The court and many media outlets reported the intent of Mary’s incarceration to be supportive and extremely successful. They claimed that she was a spectacular case of criminal rehabilitation, however, newspaper reports clearly seemed to paint a much more candid picture of her experiences.

Sources:

Sereny, Gitta. Cries Unheard - Why Children Kill: The Story of Mary Bell. New York: Metropolitan Books, 1999.

Sereny Gitta. The Case of Mary Bell. London: Arrow Books, 1972.

#writing #true crime #murder #murderer #spicybisouswriting #writer #investigator #investigate #investigative journalism #mary bell #mary bell UK #mary bell murderer #gemini #gemini murderers #tynside strangler #the tyneside strangler

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dogsliampaynedoesntinstagram · 6 years ago

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Hi Ralph! I'm going to buy Chavs and Revolting Prostitutes on versobooks when i go to the UK and I wanted to know if you have any recommendation for books about politics? (It can be anything! I'm looking forward to read on different topics) Thank you so much in advance!

Hi anon,

Thanks for the ask - I hope you find the books interesting and would be really interested in your thoughts.

I don’t know where you’re from, but I’m going to stay away from books that aren’t British, because you may be able to access the m more easily where you are (Verso has some great Angela Davis stuff, for example).

First off - are you going to be in London while you’re in the UK? Because David Rosenberg’s Rebel Footprints is a really fun way to explore London. It’s a series of walking tours of London based around sites of resistance. I love wondering around cities looking for apartments where Emma Goldman lived (she lived in a lot of places) and cool murals and you can stop wherever you want or look at anything else interesting you see along the way.

I always say to start what you know and you’re interested in when people ask for book recommendations. And partly that’s because I’m easily paralysed by too many options. So I’ve chosen something that’s on theme for hte discussions I’ve been having today: Richard Seymour’s The Liberal Defence of Murder. I haven’t read it, but I’ve been reading Richard Seymour for over a decade (I used to read his old leninology blog). He’s a serious and very interesting thinker.

And now I’ve realised I’ve recommended two books by white men so I’ll add anything by Lynne Segal and Sheila Rowbotham will be worth reading - and I have been very tempted to buy both The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain and The Heart of the Race while writing this post.

My final recommendation is get on the Verso book mailing list. They often have really good sales (including free ebooks). At the moment an edited collection in response to #Metoo is free.

I hope you have a fantastic time both in the UK and reading.

#My only other advice #is don't read any Zizek #Anonymous

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npluss · 7 years ago

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www.nickandwillikins.com

Here it is, friends: our completely free comedic point-and-click adventure game, THE ADVENTURES OF NICK AND WILLIKINS, is available now for PC and Mac.

Nearly a year in development, this game was written by me and Matt Rowbotham (with some help from Terry L Drosdak and Amanda Wren Smitty) and it features some of the most amazing artwork I have ever seen from the extremely talented Meg Casey and Fred C. Stresing

Additional (also fantastic) artwork/animation contributions were made by Vishal K Bharadwaj, Gregory Dickens and Mark Boszko

It also features the always-great Sarcastic Voyage Unpaid Voice Acting Players, in some of the finest performances they've ever delivered: Mark Boszko, Kristy Lynn Brannon Stienstra, David Fields, Brian Lynch, Kara O'Connor Caitlin C. Obom, Nicole Santora, Amanda Smith, Sabrina Snyder, Duncan Star-Boszko and Jason Ryan Wallace.

This game was a real labor of love, friends - the culmination of nearly a decade of practical experience writing and producing comedy, not to mention that "nearly a year" of direct development. I hope you play and enjoy it. And I hope you'll help us spread the word about it.

#indie games #comedy games #point and click #AAlgar #Nick and Willikins

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cleoburygolfclub · 7 years ago

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July Texas AM Results

A lovely summers day was had by all at Cleobury Mortimer golf club for the annual July Texas AM. With the worlds best tearing up Royal Birkdale in the Open championship. The same could be said for some of the scores rolling in here at CMGC. The target for all was 100 points with a score like that you know your going to be in the mix. Paul Judge lead his team to 99 points which was enough to take fourth place. Josh Rowbotham and Harry Harrington led their teams to the holy grail of 100 points to take third and second.

The day was however left for Gary Mann to lead his team to victory with his right hand man Nigel Williams. Their usual team was split for this tournament with Dave Shorter and Sam Sutton stepping in. The lads never looked back and came in with 105 points to take the day.

In the mixed section it was left to the team from Kington golf club to take top spot from Worfield. The Loram’s and Blackburn’s support all our events and it was great to see them come out on top with 98 points.

A brilliant day and a big thank you to the 27 teams for entering.

Results

Nearest the pin winners 6th Badgers – Charlie Edwards, 5th Deer – Jamie Fearnley

Non Mixed 4th – Paul Judge, Tom Guest, Nick Firth, George Blakeway – 99 points 3rd – Josh Rowbotham, Charlie Edwards, Jack Severn, Louie Edwards – 100 points 2nd – Dane Pearce, Harry Harrington, Bryn Martin, Steve Griffiths – 100 points - CB 1st – Gary Mann, Nigel Williams, Dave Shorter, Sam Sutton – 105 points

Mixed 2nd –David & Sandy Beach, Phil & Dorothy White– 94 points 1st – Peter & Glendan Loram, Andrew & Carol Blackburn – 98 points

#golf #golf club

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jerryc112 · 7 years ago

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Personal Politics - by the Gay Left Collective

Gays at Work: Student Unions - by Kate Ingrey

Pat Arrowsmith, Pacifist - interviewed by Keith Birch, Jacky Plaster, Marie Walsh and Nigel Young

Paedophilia: A Response - by Tom O'Carroll

Childhood Sexuality and Paedophilia - by Jamie Gough

In Defence of Disco - by Richard Dyer

Living with Indecency - by Bob Cant

Lost Freedoms - by Tom Woodhouse

A History of Sexuality Volume 1 by Michel Foucault - reviewed by Philip Derbyshire

Beyond the Fragments by Sheila Rowbotham, Lynne Segal and Hilary Wainwright - reviewed by Jeffrey Weeks

The Dear Love of Comrades - reviewed by Sarah Maguire

Teachers Out - responses by John Warburton and Margaret Jackson

Homosexualities by Alan P Bell and Martin Weinberg - reviewed by Emmanuel Cooper

With Downcast Gays by David Hutter and Andrew Hodges; Psychiatry and the Homosexualpublished by Gay Liberation; The Politics of Homosexuality by Don Milligan - reviewed by Nigel Young

The Sexual Outlaw by John Rechy - reviewed by David Thompson

Music to do the washing up to: Tom Robinson Band: TRB 2 - reviewed by Hans Klabbers

Sexual Experience between men and boys by Parker Rossman - reviewed by Phillip Derbyshire

#sexuality #love #disco

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aviationhistory · 7 years ago

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RAF Douglas Dakota Mk. III, KG374, c/n 12383, (ex-USAAF C-47A-DK, 42-92568), 'YS-DM', of 271 Squadron, RAF Down Ampney, Gloucester, piloted by F/Lt. David S. Lord, is hit by AAA in starboard engine while on resupply mission for beleaguered troops at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden. Despite fire spreading to whole of starboard wing, pilot spends ten minutes making two passes over very small dropzone (which, unbeknownst to the crew, had been overrun by German forces) to drop eight ammunition panniers. Just after last one has been dropped, fuel tank explodes, tearing off wing, only navigator F/O Harry A. King escaping from stricken aircraft and descending by parachute to be captured as a POW the following morning, spending the rest of the war in Stalag Luft I at Barth. KWF are pilot Lord, second pilot P/O R. E. H. "Dickie" Medhurst (son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Medhurst), wireless operator F/O Alec F. Ballantyne, and four air despatchers of 223 Company RASC, Cpl. P. Nixon, Dvr. A. Rowbotham, Dvr. J. Ricketts and Dvr. L. Harper. Following release of King from prison camp, full details of the action become known and pilot Lord receives posthumous Victoria Cross on 13 November 1945, the only VC awarded to any member of Transport Command during the Second World War. In May 1949 the Dutch Government awards Harry King the Netherlands Bronze Cross.

#aviation #history #aircraft #aerospace

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the-feminist-philosopher · 2 years ago

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TERFs: "The transes are indoctrinating our youth to believe there aren't two discrete biological classes assigned to you at birth which should remain fundamentally separate and defined by their discrete biological functions."

Also TERFs: "I'm trying to indoctrinate my friend to believe trans people are an existential threat to humanity even though she has expressed that this makes her unhappy and uncomfortable."

Anyway... I recommend starting her with Andrea Dworkin's Woman Hating (1974) and then segue into Andrea Dworkin's “The Root Cause” in Our Blood (1976). Start her off with a big name in radical feminism. Catharine MacKinnon has a lot of good reads, too. I, personally, got my start with Woman's consciousness, man's world by Sheila Rowbotham.

Other fantastic feminist books include: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall, Ain't I a Woman? by Bell Hooks, On Intersectionality: Essential Writings by Kimberlé Crenshaw (Crenshaw is one of the most brilliant theorists of our time, so I really recommend), and Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood by Dr. Michele Bratcher Goodwin (I'm reading it right now).

If she has time, I also recommend:

"From 'Ladies First' to 'Asking for It': Benevolent Sexism in the Maintenance of Rape Culture" by Courtney Fraser

"Masculinist State Protection: Safety Concerns Produce Gender Disparities in University Housing Policies" by Kirsten Hextrum

"Gender Identity Nondiscrimination Laws in Public Accommodations: a Review of Evidence Regarding Safety and Privacy in Public Restrooms, Locker Rooms, and Changing Rooms" by Amira Hasenbush, Andrew R. Flores, and Jody L Herman.

“Keeping Men Men and Women Down: Sex Segregation, Anti-Essentialism, and Masculinity” by David S. Cohen

"The Strange Career of Jane Crow: Sex Segregation and the Transformation of Anti-Discrimination Discourse" by Serena Mayeri

"Benevolent Sexism and Racial Stereotypes: Targets, Functions, and Consequences" by Jean Marie McMahon

"Working for Love, Loving for Work: Discourses of Labor in Feminist Sex-Work Activism" by Heather Berg

"Everyday Decolonization: Living a Decolonizing Queer Politics" by Sarah Hunt & Cindy Holmes

And if she's brave enough, Whipping Girl by Julia Serano and "'Prisons Make Us Safer': And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration" by Victoria Law.

“Male dominant society has defined women as a discrete biological group forever. If this was going to produce liberation, we’d be free.”

-Catharine MacKinnon American radical feminist legal scholar, activist, and author.

trying to peak my friend rn. she actually came to me about it first shes struggling so bad but goes to an echo chamber liberal farts university where TIMs run the show, and shes so afraid to peak. its like she thinks if she stands up for females for half a second itll be bigotry against the transes. she is literally spiraling doing impossible mental gymnastics trying to continue holding males up on this pedestal. she is so afraid of hurting anyone it is heartbreaking. she has disregarded her own feelings and comfort so much. jesus christ.

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allbestnet · 8 years ago

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The 100 Best British History Books

Kingdoms and Communities in Western Europe 900–1300 by Susan Reynolds

Robin Hood by J. C. Holt

The Feudal Kingdom of England, 1042–1216 by Frank Barlow

The Later Middle Ages, 1272–1485 by George Holmes

Bond Men Made Free: Medieval Peasant Movements and the English Rising of 1381 by Rodney Hilton

Robert Bruce: And the Community of the Realm of Scotland by G.W.S. Barrow

The First European Revolution: c. 970–1215 by R. I. Moore

Principles of Government and Politics in the Middle Ages by Walter Ullmann

The Making of the Middle Ages by R. W. Southern

On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State by Charles Tilly

The Political Economy of Merchant Empires: State Power and World Trade, 1350–1750 by James D. Tracy

The Making of the British Isles: The State of Britain and Ireland, 1450–1660 by Steven G. Ellis

Earthly Necessities: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain, 1470–1750by Keith Wrightson

Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch

Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492–1830by John H. Elliott

A People’s History of England by A. L. Morton

The Population History of England 1541–1871 by E. A. Wrigley

The Foundations of Modern Political Thought: Volume 1, The Renaissance by Quentin Skinner

A History of the Scottish People, 1560–1830 by T. C. Smout

Religion and the Decline of Magic by Keith Thomas

The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution by Christopher Hill

The Fall of the British Monarchies 1637–1642 by Conrad Russell

The Sinews of Power: War, Money and the English State, 1688–1783 by John Brewer

The World We Have Lost by Peter Laslett

British Imperialism: 1688–2015 by P.J. Cain

A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy by Jonathan I. Israel

The Enlightened Economy: Britain and the Industrial Revolution 1700–1850 by Joel Mokyr

The First Industrial Nation: The Economic History of Britain 1700–1914 by Peter Mathias

The Origins of Modern English Society by Harold Perkin

Commoners: Common Right, Enclosure and Social Change in England by J. M. Neeson

Slavery and the British Empire: From Africa to America by Kenneth Morgan

The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery: 1776–1848 by Robin Blackburn

Two Nations and the Educational Structure 1780–1870 by Brian Simon

Clanship to Crofters War: The Social Transformation of the Scottish Highlands by Tom Devine

The Making of the English Working Class by E. P. Thompson

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathan Rose

Inventing Pollution: Coal, Smoke, and Culture in Britain since 1800 by Peter Thorsheim

The Healthy Body and Victorian Culture by Bruce Haley

Plenty and Want: A Social History of Food in England from 1815 to the Present Day by John Burnett

Colonial Empires and Armies 1815–1960 by Victor Kiernan

Legacies of British Slave-Ownership: Colonial Slavery and the Formation of Victorian Britain by Catherine Hall

Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire by David Cannadine

Democratic Subjects: The Self and the Social in Nineteenth-Century England by Patrick Joyce

The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850–1940 by Daniel Headrick

1848: The British State and the Chartist Movement by John Saville

Victorian Feminists by Barbara Caine

Colonialism and Development: Britain and its Tropical Colonies, 1850–1960 by Michael A. Havinden

Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire by Lance E. Davis

Imperialism and Popular Culture by John M. MacKenzie

Colonizing the Body: State Medicine and Epidemic Disease in Nineteenth-Century India by David Arnold

Late Victorian Holocausts by Mike Davis

The Blood Never Dried: A People’s History of the British Empire by John Newsinger

Black ’47 and Beyond: The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory by Cormac O Grada

Crime and Society in England: 1750–1900 by Clive Emsley

Africa and the Victorians: The Official Mind of Imperialism by Ronald Robinson

The British Imperial Century, 1815–1914 by Timothy H. Parsons

That Noble Science of Politics: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Intellectual History by J. W. Burrow

The Wilde Century by Alan Sinfield

Hidden From History: 300 Years of Women’s Oppression and the Fight Against It by Sheila Rowbotham

The Problem of Freedom: Race, Labor, and Politics in Jamaica and Britain, 1832–1938 by Thomas C. Holt

The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time by Karl Polanyi

Hope and Glory: Britain 1900–2000 by Peter Clarke

The Age of Extremes: 1914–1991 by Eric Hobsbawm

An Environmental History of Twentieth-Century Britain by John Sheail

Anglo-American Relations in the Twentieth Century by Ritchie Ovendale

Conservative Century: The Conservative Party since 1900 by Anthony Seldon

The Strange Death of Liberal England: 1910–1914 by George Dangerfield

The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman

The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell

The Great War: 1914–1918 by Marc Ferro

English History 1914–1945 by A.J.P. Taylor

A Nation and not a Rabble: The Irish Revolution 1913–23 by Diarmaid Ferriter

Imperialism and the British Labour Movement, 1914–1964 by Partha Sarathi Gupta

British Unemployment 1919–1939 by W. R. Garside

Warfare State: Britain, 1920–1970 by David Edgerton

From Versailles to Pearl Harbor: The Origins of the Second World War in Europe and Asia by Margaret Lamb

The People’s War: Britain 1939–1945 by Angus Calder

Churchill’s Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II by Madhusree Mukerjee

The Economic History of Britain since 1700: Volume 3: 1939–1992 by Roderick Floud

The British Way in Counter-Insurgency, 1945–1967 by David French

The Ambiguities of Power: British Foreign Policy Since 1945 by Mark Curtis

The Hidden Hand: Britain, America, and Cold War Secret Intelligence by Richard J. Aldrich

Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention by A. W. Brian Simpson

Britain since 1945: The People’s Peace by Kenneth O. Morgan

No Turning Back: The Peacetime Revolutions of Post-War Britain by Paul Addison

Britain and the Cold War by Sean Greenwood

The Golden Age of Capitalism: Reinterpreting the Postwar Experience by Stephen A. Marglin

States and the Reemergence of Global Finance: From Bretton Woods to the 1990s by Eric Helleiner

Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt

Britannia Overruled: British Policy and World Power in the Twentieth Century by David Reynolds

Britain’s Gulag: The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya by Caroline Elkins

From Beveridge to Blair: The First Fifty Years of Britain’s Welfare State by Margaret Jones

Making Sense of the Troubles: The Story of the Conflict in Northern Ireland by David McKittrick

A Short History of the Labour Party by Henry Pelling

Cultural Marxism in Postwar Britain by Dennis Dworkin

A History of British Trade Unionism, 1700–1998 by W. Hamish Fraser

When Was Wales?: A History of the Welsh by Gwyn A. Williams

The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class by Selina Todd

London: A Social History by Roy Porter

Sexuality and Its Discontents: Meanings, Myths, and Modern Sexualitiesby Jeffrey Weeks

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