Tag: Bow Street
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ARTFUL FOXES AND BUTTER CHURNS, March 2025
The Slang and Phrases of C19th Theatres & Music Halls In the nineteenth century, as now, slang and peculiar phrases could be heard in all manner of establishments and echelons of society. The music halls and theatres were no different. They, like the pugilists, had their own brand of (often) non-sensical terms to refer to the…
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BOW STREET SOCIETY LOCATIONS YOU CAN ACTUALLY VISIT, June 2024
As readers of the Bow Street Society books will know, I enjoy featuring real-life locations within the fictional stories. Also, that as far as possible, I source floor plans of these locations to ensure the descriptions are as accurate as possible. Although the series is far from over, lots of real-life locations have already been…
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THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS, December 2024
It’s almost the end of 2024 and, like many others reading this, I can’t quite comprehend where the last eleven months have gone. In January’s blog, I set out the goals I wanted to achieve this year. Therefore, I thought it would be nice to end the year with a look back on those goals…
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WRITING NOTES: From Idea to Book Pt 1, August 2022
As any author will tell you, the process of writing a book can be complicated. Whether it’s a long process depends upon the author’s writing habits and external influences, such as the demands of a day job, childcare etc. Previously, discussions with my fellow authors have led to comparisons of our writing processes. Some have…
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POLICE STRIKE AT BOW STREET, July 2022
With the cost-of-living crisis and rising inflation affecting us all, it’s fair to say that the standard of living isn’t great at the moment. The recent strikes by employees of the national railways and London Underground have highlighted some of the struggles of modern times. With talk of more strikes by the railway unions, and…
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WRITING NOTES: Blind Characters, July 2021
During my visit to the Bow Street Police Museum in June my friend and I read about the magistrate John Fielding, otherwise known as the Blind Beak of Bow Street. She remarked to he clearly hadn’t allowed his impairment to hinder his career and how I had done the same. Although I’m not blind my…
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COFFEE WITH A CURATOR: Jen Kavanagh, Bow Street Police Museum, June 2021
Coffee with a Curator is back and today I have the absolute honour of sharing a (virtual) coffee with the curator of the new Bow Street Police Museum, Jen Kavanagh. An independent curator by profession, Jen was commissioned to curate the displays and exhibits in the museum housed in part of the former Bow Street police…
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OBJECTS OF THE BOW STREET SOCIETY, July 2020
For May and June’s blogs I was fortunate enough to have a virtual coffee with the curators of the Metropolitan Police Historic Collection and the Virtual Typewriter Museum respectively. These chats made me reflect on my own antique collection which I display on my stand at book signing events. Therefore, I decided to use this…
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INTERVIEW WITH RETIRED BOW STREET POLICE STATION OFFICER, March 2020
Bow Street is one of London’s most famous thoroughfares — in addition to being the location of the Society’s fictional headquarters, of course. Its police station was as famous as its magistrates’ courts. The vast majority of police presence at the Bow Street station was removed in the second half of the twentieth century with…