Laura Shepherd Robinson
Spiritualists and Tarot Readers Are Having A Moment
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Molly OdintzIf you like fiction featuring spiritualists and their brethren, then you’re in for a treat, as 2023 has brought a host of new crime novels exploring ghostly visitations and otherworldly knowledge. Some of the books below feature straight-up con artists, using the cards or a seance or two as a means to an end, while…
The Wild, Bizarre, Sometimes Criminal Pleasures of London’s Bartholomew Fair
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Laura Shepherd-RobinsonFor over a thousand years, the area known as Smithfield, north of St Paul’s, has been home to London’s principal meat market. Live animals were banned from Smithfield in the 19th century, but until then the ten-acre site was filled with sheep and cattle pens, nearly two million animals bought and sold there every year….