Bow Street Runner

Pugs, Bruisers and the Fancy: The Language of Pugilism

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, bare knuckle boxing was one of Britain’s most popular sports. It had its own slang: it was the world of the Fancy, of milling …

True Crime and Fiction: the cases behind the Dan Foster Mysteries

The Dan Foster Mysteries follow the adventures of Bow Street Runner Dan Foster from the 1790s. It’s a series that depends on a steady supply of crimes, and though I’m …

‘We will have a fire’: arson during eighteenth-century enclosures

“Inclosure came and trampled on the grave Of labours rights and left the poor a slave And memorys pride ere want to wealth did bow Is both the shadow and …