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April 2021

Inside Out: A personal perspective on modern British Prisons

November 2020

A Convict’s Fate in Victorian Britain

October 2020

Hydrotherapy & The Water Cure

September 2020

Electroconvulsive Therapy – The Secret behind the Shock – The Institutional History Society

It is no secret, historical physicians have had some obscure theories and practices on how to treat patients. From the ancient Egyptian use of bloodletting[1] to the Victorian use of arsenic to treat anaemia; scientists and doctors have used all manner of methods to treat a physically or mentally ill person.

May 2020

A Year In Institutional History…

March 2020

Of Bones and Betrayal – Our trip to Oxford Castle and Prison.

January 2020

The murder of no man – The Hilary Rougier Mystery
The Electrifying Cure

December 2019

The Usual Haunts – An Overnight (Para)normal Experience at Bodmin Prison
Our visit to Dartmoor Prison Museum

November 2019

The Sharp End of The Law – Our Visit to The Spike in Guildford

October 2019

A Walk on the Wild (West) Side – Outlaws and Lawmen of Brookwood Cemetery
Blood, guts and gore-tex – Our trip to Hastings’ premier True Crime Museum

September 19

Rediscovering the ineffable – Our visit to Brookwood Cemetery

August 19

Finding Snow in the footprints…