Historian • Writer • Broadcaster • Lecturer • Presenter of 'Killing Victoria' on @BBCSounds 🎙️
Joined January 2009
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24 Mar 2023
Exciting News! I've made a podcast documentary series for the BBC. 'Killing Victoria' tells the remarkable stories of seven men who attacked the Queen. Episode one is OUT NOW!
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dz9dq…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4TX8UB…
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The latest History Extra is out, and this month’s Ask The Experts feature is all about inaccurate historical films. Delighted to have a pull-quote from my response on the cover! You’ll have to grab a copy to see what film I’m talking about, but longtime followers will know.
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I'm giving a public talk in Manchester on 15th June! Come to the Track Brewery to hear the remarkable story of a Victorian royal assassin. Tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/what-should…
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Dr Bob Nicholson retweeted
Mar 22
Got to say, if the research of Goodwin's book was conducted mainly by AI, then he's done a terrible job of hiding it
Mar 22
EXC: .@GoodwinMJ’s new book “Suicide of a Nation: Immigration, Islam, Identity” is out now, and I’m only 5 chapters in and have found a huge amount of what appears to be false quotes and basic misinterpretations of data, that appear to be AI hallucinations.
Matthew, can you explain the claims you made in the book that I’ve outlined in the below thread?
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I have an op ed in The @Telegraph this morning ruminating on how the Victorians approached death and funerals, in case you fancy reading something cheerful this morning. In print, or online: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03…
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Dr Bob Nicholson retweeted
18 Dec 2025
I like in a nonfiction book when all the sudden there's a big break for a pictures section. The author's like "oh by the way these are the guys I was telling you about."
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18 Dec 2025
I made a video for @WIRED answering strange questions from the internet about Victorian history! youtu.be/10iYlK7bsJw?si=nC5p…
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18 Dec 2025
If you’ve ever wondered how these videos are shot, check out these behind-the-scenes pics!
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13 Sep 2025
I’m on TV tonight! Check out the first episode of Britain’s Railway Empire at 8pm on Channel 4.
It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.
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Dr Bob Nicholson retweeted
14 Jul 2025
Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico, December 21, 1953
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14 Jul 2025
New job alert! We’re hiring a full-time, permanent new Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in 20thC American History at @edgehill.
Come work with our fab team of historians and students. jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX206/lectur…
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Dr Bob Nicholson retweeted
22 Apr 2025
Jack the Ripper has haunted our headlines for over a century but can our historians figure out which headline was from back in 1888... or now? 📰🔎
Even more importantly, will @FernRiddell defeat @DigiVictorian in this quiz?!
🟡 Jack The Ripper: #WrittenInBlood Tuesdays 9pm
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Dr Bob Nicholson retweeted
17 Apr 2025
The press seemed to have little empathy for the woman slain by Jack the Ripper, as historians @FernRiddell and @DigiVictorian discover from the horrific headlines of 1888. 📰
🟡 Jack The Ripper: #WrittenInBlood Tuesdays 9pm
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Dr Bob Nicholson retweeted
10 Apr 2025
What did people think of the police when Jack the Ripper was on his rampage? Our historians @FernRiddell and @DigiVictorian find out from the headlines of the day. 📰
🟡 Jack The Ripper: #WrittenInBlood Tuesdays 9pm
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Dr Bob Nicholson retweeted
7 Apr 2025
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ALT The Republicans love the tariff, but grow hysterical whenever its iniquities are exposed. --The Commercial Appeal, 26 Dec 1925
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Dr Bob Nicholson retweeted
26 Mar 2025
Jack the Ripper became headline news in 1888 but did the press invent a killer for their own gain? 📰 🩸 Even if it kept that brutal murderer on the loose...
This is Jack The Ripper: #WrittenInBlood.
🟡 Available 8 April
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Dr Bob Nicholson retweeted
6 Apr 2025
Were the public actually enjoying Jack the Ripper's rampage? @FernRiddell and @DigiVictorian look for answers in the headlines of 1888. 📰
🟡 Jack The Ripper: #WrittenInBlood available 8 April
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Dr Bob Nicholson retweeted
1 Apr 2025
How did the headlines of the day describe Jack the Ripper? 📰 Historians @FernRiddell and @DigiVictorian look over the papers of 1888 for insights into the time.
🟡 Jack The Ripper: #WrittenInBlood available 8 April
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Dr Bob Nicholson retweeted
Contrary to popular belief, #19thC novelists often did not use cliffhangers to keep readers coming back 🤯 What did they do instead? Join the "Project Endings" team & find out! They need your help id'ing strategies they used instead. More details here: rs4vp.org/join-the-project-e…
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16 Nov 2024
I probably won't be posting here much anymore, so come find me in the Other Place where I'm currently posting about whether there's really a scene with a dude reading a newspaper in Gladiator II.
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