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Sarah Elizabeth Cox

@oispooky.bsky.social

πŸ₯Š 1880s boxing+wrestling historian πŸ“• THE DEVIL'S DANCE FLOOR (Duckworth, 2027) ✍🏻 Hezekiah Moscow, Alec Munroe, Sugar Goodson, Wannop, Smith, Ball &c. 🀜🏻 Advisor #AThousandBlows πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» Science charity PR manager πŸ–οΈ Clacton πŸ’š www.grapplingwithhistory.com

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And my MP somehow still finds time for 13 other jobs πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸ€”

18.02.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

V. cool! I only walked past for the first time last week after going to the Exmouth Arms nearby. Think I'll be home with Jack for Charles's film nights haha but hopefully will make it at some point. Never really associated with that whole bit of London the whole time I lived there for some reason?!

18.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Face Ache I bend faces to my demented will. Caricaturist for Spitting Image and other TV. Painter of fine-art caricatures for clients worldwide. Devotee of the weird and wonderful history of caricature.

My caricatures and I are taking our first tentative steps into the world of YouTube. Please bear with me while we stumble around in the dark.

Have a look, and please consider subscribing, if you'd be so very kind.

www.youtube.com/@tealcartoons

#caricature #art

15.02.2026 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and Β£150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

18.02.2026 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2749    πŸ” 436    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 36

Adrian Chiles just playing the old favourites - potholes and incorrect apostrophes recently - is a breath of fresh air. He doesn't need to play the game.

18.02.2026 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me yesterday: Hmm I seem to mention baby death a hell of a lot in the opening pages of my book about boxing, maybe I am a bit morbid and obsessed or something?

Sophie: HOLD MY BEER

18.02.2026 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

With my PR/media manager hat on - I'm still laughing about the fact they ALL managed to come dressed in Tory blue suits too. Not even trying. Who, if anyone, advised on those optics? πŸ˜‚

18.02.2026 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of the front of The Nickel Cinema, a tiny37 seater. Bright red window frame, film memorabilia and stuff on show, the name of the place above it. 117-119 Clerkenwell Rd.

Photo of the front of The Nickel Cinema, a tiny37 seater. Bright red window frame, film memorabilia and stuff on show, the name of the place above it. 117-119 Clerkenwell Rd.

London film fans! Monthly screenings of obscure, unloved, horrible + great crime films, programmed by @charlesnewland.bsky.social launch next month at The Nickel Cinema, Clerkenwell! Follow scourgecinema and thenickelcinema for details:

πŸΏπŸ”«πŸ”ͺ www.instagram.com/scourgecinema πŸ«†πŸ₯·πŸ»πŸΈ

17.02.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ™ŒπŸ»

17.02.2026 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hoping you mean dirty like um... gritty and cool and rough πŸ˜‚πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ˜Ž But I am WELL up for hoovering and dusting if needs be... πŸͺ₯

17.02.2026 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of the front of The Nickel Cinema, a tiny37 seater. Bright red window frame, film memorabilia and stuff on show, the name of the place above it. 117-119 Clerkenwell Rd.

Photo of the front of The Nickel Cinema, a tiny37 seater. Bright red window frame, film memorabilia and stuff on show, the name of the place above it. 117-119 Clerkenwell Rd.

London film fans! Monthly screenings of obscure, unloved, horrible + great crime films, programmed by @charlesnewland.bsky.social launch next month at The Nickel Cinema, Clerkenwell! Follow scourgecinema and thenickelcinema for details:

πŸΏπŸ”«πŸ”ͺ www.instagram.com/scourgecinema πŸ«†πŸ₯·πŸ»πŸΈ

17.02.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Hahaha no you're fine, enjoying the assessment. I'm just a boring 39yr old mum / corporate PR and marketing charity person chained to her laptop by day. But totally an ex goth. Once got to be a vampire for a photo shoot. Eyebrows for a personality etc. finally growing out the black hair dye though!

17.02.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm gonna have to Google what a couple of those references are but I'll take it as a compliment for now haha, thank you!

17.02.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My large two year old son has Incredible Hulk boxing gloves and knows how to use them πŸ˜‚

17.02.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha lemme add that to the ideas pile for books two and three ☺️

17.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it normal to mention infant mortality at least five times in your book introduction and first paragraph of chapter one if your book is, let's say, about boxing? 😬

17.02.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! πŸ™πŸ»

17.02.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This same journo wrote a recent column for a newspaper bragging about how much she'd spent on her daughter's birthday parties as well. No parties for the plague rats!!!

17.02.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Art and Drama on school curriculum to be replaced by a mandatory 30hrs per term of Jim Davidson VHS content.

17.02.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

THINK OF ALL THE POTHOLES Β£60m could sort out!

Could even get someone to take down the Christmas decorations still up around Clacton town centre in mid-Feb.

17.02.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've read the whole piece and my second question, after the above one, is: Did she not get the dog's shots done either, or does the stupidity and ignorance only extend to her children and all those who unfortunately have to be around them?

17.02.2026 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why would you brag about being a child abuser in a national newspaper? πŸ€―πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

17.02.2026 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm the comms manager for a science charity where our main focus is EDI and an All-Party Parliamentary Group where our main focus is EDI, and I have heard no one use DEI except these weird people??? I mean, it IS the same acronym another way, uh, tbf. But yes. America-brained-too-much-time-on-X.

17.02.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha! Love this description.

Also implies he's built from dead skin, bacteria, pollution and dirt...

17.02.2026 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rediscovering the wrestlers and boxers of Late-Victorian London By Sarah Elizabeth Cox

So glad you enjoyed A Thousand Blows! Lots of info about the real Hezekiah, Alec Munroe, Sugar Goodson and Punch Lewis on my blog and loads more to come in a book next year (The Devil's Dance Floor: Hezekiah Moscow and the Fight for Life in Late-Victorian London) πŸ₯Š

www.grapplingwithhistory.com

17.02.2026 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
screenshot from Guardian of Farage slagging off Rupert Low. Lowe claims his new party is polling at 10%, Farage when questioned said 'he won't be on 1% anywhere. Not even probably in Great Yarmouth'.

screenshot from Guardian of Farage slagging off Rupert Low. Lowe claims his new party is polling at 10%, Farage when questioned said 'he won't be on 1% anywhere. Not even probably in Great Yarmouth'.

Okay I'M SORRY but this might be the first and only time Nigel Farage says something quite funny 😌

17.02.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wrestling Against ICE Spontaneous β€˜FUCK ICE’ chants have propelled Brody King from cult favourite to anti-ICE icon β€” and rattled wrestling’s corporate partners.

Spontaneous β€˜FUCK ICE’ chants have propelled Brody King from cult favourite to anti-ICE icon β€” and rattled wrestling’s corporate partners.

17.02.2026 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 749    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 22

One joke that still makes me laugh is that one where people ask who you would love to go to a dinner party with alive or dead and they say something like "Nigel farage, dead"

I'm being sincere here. I laughed at myself as I typed this

16.02.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 370    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 5

Ps. Wait til you walk in on your toddler holding a large piece of pink chalk like a corn on a cob while gnawing on it and saying Mmmm!

16.02.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Whatever we think 'enough' is was determined by a combination of a) people a zillion years ago b) men c) really rich people and d) ABOVE ALL: Instagram algorithms. ie. it is all a nonsense, arbitrary, bullshit idea/ideal. You're doing absolutely amazingly.

16.02.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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