Amy Helen Bell
@amyhelenbell.bsky.social
Historian of Modern Britain: WW2, murder, forensics, female criminals. Latest book- Under Cover of Darkness: Murders in Wartime London (Yale, 2024). Likes cakes.
Excellent piece about the impact of borders and visas on academic participation @thenacbs.bsky.social @jbritishstudies.bsky.social www.nacbs.org/post/invisib...
Invisible Barriers to British Studies: Unequal Mobilities of Academic Conference Participation
"In the end, while we as academics cannot fix the system alone, we can start by listening, advocating, and building a more inclusive academic community where no scholar is repeatedly left out because ...
nacbs.org
"It’s the grubbiness that comes through: the smell of families — told to use no more than five inches of bathwater a week between them — crammed into shelters where a bucket served for a toilet." On @amyhelenbell.bsky.social's UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS: www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Under Cover of Darkness by Amy Helen Bell review — the dark side of wartime London
The capital during the Blitz wasn’t all heroic firefighters and whistling milkmen — thieves and even serial killers lurked in the shadows
thetimes.com
This is a remarkable new digital archive of the Foundling Hospital's records. 100,000 pages made available online with the help of 6,500 volunteers! Well done to all involved 👏
Prof. Elaine Chalus@profelainechalus.bsky.social · 2y agoExciting new digital resource - Foundling Hospital Archive - half a million records- lives of 27,000 children in the Hospital’s care, their mothers’ circumstances, and the Hospital’s operation and guiding principles coramstory.org.uk/the-foundlin... #skystorians 🗃️
Last year, I published a memoir/ criminal history about my father’s role in defending two murderers in a notorious case in 1970s New Brunswick. It was difficult to reveal personal details of my life but it helped me connect with other people touched by the trial and aftermath
My latest book - Under Cover of Darkess - Murders in Blackout London- just came out with @yalebooks.bsky.social and I’m very proud of it
I’m excited to be here! To introduce myself- I’m an awkward Canadian historian who writes criminal histories
