Sam H Arnold
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Fiction and parenting writer exploring the dynamics of family life, supporting children with additional needs. I also delve into the darker narratives that shape our world, specialising in history and crime.
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Challenging the Facts About the Lost City of Pompeii
When Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August 79 AD, it created one of the most unique and remarkable historical and archaeological sites in the world. The desolation of Pompeii was one of the most devastating natural disasters in ancient history, with a huge death toll. However, few people know that out of the inhabitants, twelve thousand escaped. This still left nearly two thousand people dead.
By Sam H Arnold6 months ago in History
The Innocence of Lucy Letby
It has been seven years since I first heard the name Lucy Letby. I was told that a killer nurse case was about to erupt in the UK, one the media wasn’t reporting on yet. My informant told me it was bigger than Beverley Allitt from the 1990s.
By Sam H Arnold7 months ago in Criminal
The Brotherhood of Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens
There’s something electric about a good partnership. I have it with my crime partner Edward Anderson. Two creative minds crash into each other and something bigger than them comes out of the wreckage. It’s rare. But when it happens, you get revolutions, not just stories. Think Lennon and McCartney, Hitchcock and Herrmann, and Dickens and Collins in Victorian literature.
By Sam H Arnold7 months ago in BookClub
The Night Coventry Burned During World War II
Jean Taylor had spent eleven hours crouching in the corner of a bomb shelter on Masser Road, surrounded by arguing adults and crying children. The air grew heavier with each passing minute, damp and suffocating, thick with fear. When Jean finally stepped out, the city she knew was gone.
By Sam H Arnold7 months ago in History
Hiroshima
As World War II erupted in 1939, a group of American scientists became concerned about nuclear weapon research that Nazi Germany was conducting. The group of scientists had been amassed from many countries, some of them refugees from fascist regimes in Europe.
By Sam H Arnold10 months ago in History
A Christmas Carol a Classic for a Reason
One of my Christmas traditions is to read a Dickens Christmas book. I have to admit it is often A Christmas Carol, as it is my favourite. I also love the film version of Scrooge with Jim Carrey, which the kids and I watch yearly.
By Sam H Arnoldabout a year ago in BookClub
Fighting for My Daughter
It started as a typical Bank Holiday Monday and finished with a nightmare. My eldest has never made life easy; when she was born, she got her head stuck in the birth canal, and an emergency Caesarian ensued to save both her life and that of her mother.
By Sam H Arnoldabout a year ago in Families
No One Prioritises Women’s Health, Not Even Women
“I am afraid there is nothing we can do.” That was the third specialist in three weeks that had said the same words to me. There were those around me who thought I should be grateful. Only three weeks ago, I had thought I had cancer, but at least that was negative. The problem was that I had the worst endometriosis the Kent doctors had seen, and no one knew what to do.
By Sam H Arnoldabout a year ago in Viva
