British Gangs

Spring Round-up

The clocks go forwards in Europe today. Time to look forwards and backwards.

Mar 29, 2025 • Paul Dettmann

Emma Woodhouse on Mary Carr

How much does Mary Carr have in common with Erin Doherty's Mary in A Thousand Blows? A: Not a lot!

Mar 21, 2025 • Paul Dettmann and Forgotten Voices

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The Forty Thieves: Alice Diamond

Mary Carr might have started the gang, but Alice Diamond is the one we remember best. A real-life all-female crime syndicate that made shoplifting into…

Jan 9, 2025 • Paul Dettmann

Movie: Blitz 2024

A look at the real events depicted in the new Steve McQueen film

Dec 27, 2024 • Paul Dettmann

Hooliganism: Twenty Lashes the Answer?

How the Victorian press promised to eliminate crimes against the person in 1898

Nov 10, 2024 • Paul Dettmann

British Gangs: Josephine O'Dare

Another story from 1920s underworld Britain

Sep 21, 2024 • Paul Dettmann

British Gangs: Kate Meyrick

My first in a series of historical crime stories from 1920s Britain

Jun 22, 2024 • Paul Dettmann

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