My latest for HistoryExtra on 8 shocking scandals that shaped Victorian Britain. All were followed by social reform, but the change that resulted was not always that which was intended or needed.

Today, Alan Bates gives evidence at the Horizon inquiry. If you are interested in a historical perspective on miscarriages of justice, listen to my discussion of the Adolf Beck case with Jonathan Freedland on The Long View bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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In the male workroom at Beaumaris Prison, prisoners picked oakum. A form of hard labour, the task could make fingers bleed. Even so, some still found opportunity, time & strength to carve names & pictures into the floor tiles. An act of amusement, resistance or self expression?

The laundry at Beaumaris Prison, North Wales. A necessary task, but due to gender norms & expectations, the washing was almost always done by female (rather than male) prisoners. From 1865, it was officially recognised as hard labour (but of the second class).

The female workroom in the 19thC prison at Beaumaris, North Wales. Apparently, there was a nursery above. If her baby cried, the prisoner could pull on the cord to rock the cradle, without interrupting her work. I feel this is both ingenious and a little sad.

I'm sad that this was the last week of the current season of #LadyKillers , but watch this space to see what we do next!
Here are some of the fabulous team from Lady Killers, who really are the best in the business. Listen to us here!
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In the final episode of the season, Lucy Worsley looks at women who were mad, bad And dangerous to know.

Lucy is joined by rosalindcrone and Helen Lewis as they look at what makes women 'difficult' in these final cases.

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Today at 11:30 BBC Radio 4 in the last of the current series of #Ladykillers Lucy Worsley @RosalindCrone & author Helen Lewis discuss the series' most difficult women and why airbrushing feminist history can be problematic

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Like Irish military history? Like interactive maps? Then this newly launched interactive Army Barracks of Ireland map might be for you! Co-developed by our History colleague Suzanne Forbes.
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The incredibly popular OU/BBC co-produced podcast series 'Lady Killers' is back for a third series, and again features Lucy Worsley and the expertise of OU Professor rosalindcrone, as they investigate some of history's most notorious females.

Available now on BBC Sounds.

Saw this at Westminster Abbey and was reliably informed that no one has ever contested the claim - to be Britain's oldest door (c1050). Sounds like a good challenge to me!

🔎 Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley, the smash hit historical true-crime podcast, is now available for the first time as a video podcast on BBC Select!

Starting today, watch Lucy Worsley investigate the ordinary lives, and extraordinary crimes, of women from the past.

Today at 11:30 BBC Radio 4, @lucy_worsley & rosalindcrone and barrister Nneka Akudolu look behind the scenes of #Ladykillers - the detective work, piecing the evidence together, listening to these women's voices

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