If so, come along to our lecture on 16th June when historical crime writer E.S.Thomson will guide you – very carefully – through the tricky business of poisoning someone without being caught - all in the name of fiction, of course. What poison might suit your time and place? Why is research so important and how can we get creative with it? Can poisons offer more than murder? Who has used poison and got away with it? Join us to find out.*

*dont try any of these at home!

Dr Elaine Thomson has a PhD in the social history of medicine, specialising in the history of women doctors in Edinburgh. Elaine has given numerous talks on the medical women, as well as on other topics in the history of medicine. Writing as E.S. Thomson, Elaine is also the author of the acclaimed Jem Flockhart medical history crime fiction series.

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