Bloody Monday Louisville: When an Election Turned Nasty
On August 6 1855 Louisville found out mob rule tastes vile and leaves a cuppa stone cold.Read More 
When Whitechapel Lost Its Temper and Everyone Took Notes
A cramped corner of Victorian London, foreign headlines, and a mob that turned domestic grievance into a very loud public spectacle.Read More 
How They Lamped an Opera House
An American opera night went proper pear-shaped when actor loyalties turned the stalls into absolute scenes and the militia had to show up.Read More 
The Skeleton Army That Tore Up Worthing
A seaside town, mock bands, and a mob that treated hymn-singing like a provocation.Read More 
When the Dead Rabbits Lost It in Five Points
I keep thinking about July 1857 when two gangs turned a holiday into pure chaotic theatre and the whole city had to intervene.Read More 
Tom Sayers, The Day England Went to Fisticuffs
A seaside scrape, a crowd gone mad, and two men trading leather while the papers did their teeth-gnash - classic theatre, darling.Read More 
John Frost's Bad Day at Westgate
A chartist march went pear-shaped, soldiers fired, and a loudmouth leader got shipped off to Tasmania while the nation gawped.Read More 