
Prisoners infect judges with typhus – jail fever!
In 1750 three judges busily sentencing some criminals to death caught jail fever off them – and died of typhus a little while later
In 1750 three judges busily sentencing some criminals to death caught jail fever off them – and died of typhus a little while later
Xenophobia in London is nothing new as Londoners hated the French two hundred years ago as Tony McMahon discovers
The Black Boy Alley gang terrorised Georgian London but were eventually executed en masse at Tyburn
Historian Tony McMahon investigates the London of The Frankenstein Chronicles
The worst job in Victorian London was that of Pure Finder – somebody who went round collecting dog dung for a living
If you would like to talk like a Victorian Londoner is a Charles Dickens novel then read this
Many Catholic saints died in weird ways as Tony McMahon discovers on the Beardy History blog
Psychology is a relatively news science and in its first decades was very hostile to homosexuality as Tony McMahon discovers
Tony McMahon calls himself the bearded historian and appears on history TV programmes making the subject fun and accessible to global audiences
Life for Christians and Jews in Muslim controlled Spain has often been portrayed as one of joyful tolerance but that may not be true, according to a new book