The Spinning House

The Spinning House is the untold story of how Cambridge University locked up women in their prison – and how the town fought to free them.

Caroline Biggs will be talking about her new book, The Spinning House, which exposes how the University of Cambridge once imprisoned women suspected of ‘evil.’ Mistakes were made, violence and legal action from the townspeople followed until finally an Act of Parliament was passed to put an end to the jurisdiction of the university over the women of Cambridge.

Caroline grew up in and around Cambridge. She was a former Trustee of The Museum of Cambridge, where she organised the History Festival to address the massive imbalance between historical knowledge about the ‘town’ as opposed to the ‘gown.’ She has studied Creative Non-Fiction at Cambridge University and has an MA in Creative Non-Fiction from UEA.

You can find out more from her blog The Real Cambridge at https://therealcambridge.com/.

This talk takes place at Ross Street Community Centre and is open to all, admission £3. Doors open at 7pm and the talk starts at 7:30pm. Ross Street is a fully accessible venue.