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  • BE MY VICTORIAN VALENTINE, February 2019

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    T.G. Campbell
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    A glimpse into the nineteenth century’s “day of love” Valentine’s Day as we know it today is considered by some as a modern phenomenon. Proclamations of love in various forms are as old as the human race itself. Yet, we often cite Valentine’s Day as being a holiday created by the greeting card manufacturers to…

  • PANCAKE DAY: A Victorian Tradition, March 2019

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    T.G. Campbell
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    A glimpse into the nineteenth century’s “flipping” great holiday Personally, I have never liked the pancakes which are traditionally made for Shrove Tuesday. Like St Valentine’s Day, though, it has become an annual holiday that most consider “modern”. For many, the delight lies in the making of one (or several) of the aforementioned pancakes and…

  • JACK THE RIPPER CRIME CONFERENCE, October 2018

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    On Saturday 29th September I attended my first ever Jack the Ripper Crime Conference at the Arbor City Hotel in Whitechapel (where else?) in London. Like (almost) everyone on the face of the planet I’d heard about the (still) unsolved crimes of Jack the Ripper. I’d conducted some research into the early lives of some…

  • 2018: A YEAR OF “FIRSTS”, November 2018

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    2018 is drawing to a close and it’s been an amazing year for me and the Bow Street Society. In addition to releasing the third mystery, The Case of The Spectral Shot, I’ve also had an abundance of “firsts” in my independent writing career. When I look back on how much I’ve achieved in 2018,…

  • BRAM STOKER’S WHITBY, December 2018

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    During the weekend before Christmas I was fortunate to enjoy a stay in the Yorkshire coastal town of Whitby with friends. As it’s become synonymous with Bram Stoker and his great Gothic work Dracula I thought it would be fitting to feature it in this month’s blog. I’d always wanted to visit Whitby after reading about it…