When Donnybrook Lost Its Licence And Its Temper
A centuries old Dublin fair that loved a fight, until the town politely told it to leave the premises.Read More 
Featherstone Massacre: How A Quiet Pit Turned Ugly
A Yorkshire pit meeting, a nervous sergeant, and a town left furious after soldiers opened fire on striking miners.Read More 
When Mayor Wood Let Cops Throw Down
Old New York had two rival police forces and one very stubborn mayor who turned City Hall into a ring and made the city look like it was wildin'.Read More 
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 