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Marianne is a historian fascinated by history and pre-history.

Malta, 2021

Malta, 2021

Using history and strategy, Marianne writes on justice, liberty, and power. Using the lessons of the past, she provides ideas and mechanisms to build new structures and values in our world. She studied History at Wadham college, Oxford, winning the Gladstone memorial prize for her thesis.


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Articles

How Economics made Women Invisible, 8th October 2025

The criminal law was never meant to protect women - here’s why July 2021, Medium

“We are doing the best we can with a very bad system” in Humane Justice: What role do hope, kindness and compassion play in the criminal justice system Rowles & Haji (eds) Khulisa 2021

The Witching Cycles October 2020, Medium

The biggest lie the world has ever been told, 22nd April 2019

Colonial legacies of hate: How Britian began LGBTQI+ oppression in Uganda Justice Studio, August 2019

Social Control or Protection of the Child? The debates on the Industrial School Acts 1857 - 1894 Journal of Family History, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2008