14^th October 2016

Camera obscura

A pinhole camera is a simple device: light passes through an aperture into a box, and an inverted image of the outside is projected on to the opposite wall. Build-your-own kits are sold as novelties, … Read article

22^nd January 2014

Criminal Bodies

‘Did you just get engaged to break into an office?’ a scandalised Watson asks Sherlock in the latest episode of the BBC’s current adaptation of Conan Doyle’s stories. ‘His Last Vow’ ingeni… Read article

Emma Bielecki lives, writes and teaches in London. She is currently working on a biography of Vidocq, thief, counterfeiter, conman - and head of the Paris police.