Emily Cockayne Books

A not-for-the-squeamish journey back through the centuries to urban England, where the streets are crowded, noisy, filthy, and reeking of smoke and decay

Almost everyone has a neighbour. Cheek by Jowl is social history at its most colourful and compelling and puts the people back in the houses and the houses back on the streets.

An original exploration of all the ordinary, extraordinary and totally mad things we've thrown out and redeemed through the ages.

This book is about anonymity, emotion, and detection. Gathering surviving anonymous letters penned in England between 1760-1939 together, it identifies possible authors and explores the impact they had on individuals and communities, charting how developments in postal services, detection, and the media influenced writers and their targets.