by Dr Angela Buckley | Mar 25, 2025 | Talks
Last month I gave a talk at Brading Roman Villa, on the Isle of Wight, about the shady history of smuggling and wrecking. The Island, with its rugged coastline and proximity to mainland Europe, has a long and colourful history of smuggling, especially during the...
by Dr Angela Buckley | Feb 25, 2025 | Talks
I’m thrilled to be taking part in the brand-new Bermondsey and Beyond Literary Festival, organised by Southwark Council. I’;m particularly delighted about this as I live in the area and my new book, The Bermondsey Murder, is about the iconic historical...
by Dr Angela Buckley | Nov 6, 2024 | Talks
I really enjoy speaking at library events, and I am always happy to support their vital work when I can. I have visited many libraries over the last few years and I was particularly drawn to an invitation to take part in a crime writing festival at the Basingstoke...
by Dr Angela Buckley | Oct 31, 2024 | Articles
‘On 21 October 1891, 28-year-old Rose Stapleton was charged with being drunk and disorderly. According to the London Weekly Dispatch, the prisoner was ‘decently dressed and powerfully built’. On being ushered into the dock of Southwark Police Court, she quipped,...
by Dr Angela Buckley | Oct 14, 2024 | Talks
The London Month of the Dead is my favourite annual festival. Throughout the month of October, there are lots of fascinating talks, walks and workshops on ‘dark’ topics such as exhumation, taxidermy, witchcraft and the plague, all set in suitably quirky...
