Dr Bob Nicholson

Historian • Writer • Broadcaster • Lecturer • Presenter of 'Killing Victoria' on @BBCSounds 🎙️

[Dr Bob Nicholson @DigiVictorian]

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: https://t.co/XuLlGApXIZ

BBC Sounds: https://t.co/ulIH262YrN

Spotify: https://t.co/HuvebYBMWh

[Dr Bob Nicholson @DigiVictorian]

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: https://t.co/APHYbTue1A

[Dr Bob Nicholson @DigiVictorian]

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: https://t.co/QwQ6gRfCsC

[Dr Bob Nicholson @DigiVictorian]

@CurdsLuv @WIRED Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed it. I’ve got a book on the way about the assassination attempts on Queen Victoria, so hopefully that’ll be available in a year or so.

[Dr Bob Nicholson @DigiVictorian]

I made a video for @WIRED answering strange questions from the internet about Victorian history! https://t.co/Jtscz8F6oU

[Emil DeRosa @emilderosa]

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."

[Dr Bob Nicholson @DigiVictorian]

If you’ve ever wondered how these videos are shot, check out these behind-the-scenes pics!

[Dr Bob Nicholson @DigiVictorian]

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.

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico, December 21, 1953

[Dr Bob Nicholson @DigiVictorian]

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. https://t.co/iJpfbeHnQd

[Sky HISTORY @HISTORYUK]

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

[Sky HISTORY @HISTORYUK]

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

[Sky HISTORY @HISTORYUK]

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

[Paul Fairie @paulisci]

1925

[Sky HISTORY @HISTORYUK]

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

[Sky HISTORY @HISTORYUK]

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

[Sky HISTORY @HISTORYUK]

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

[Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) @RS4VP]

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: https://t.co/BwwLEPwjfm

[Dr Bob Nicholson @DigiVictorian]

@DrMatthewSweet Indeed! It almost feels like a deliberate trap designed to bate historians. None of the Acta Diurna on papyrus have survived, but apparently they did exist at this point in history, so we can’t really prove him wrong.

[Dr Bob Nicholson @DigiVictorian]

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.