2024
All at Sea (Chapter)
McKay, A. (2024). All at Sea. In Mobility and Coercion in an Age of Wars and Revolutions (pp. 106-127). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781009370578.005DOI: 10.1017/9781009370578.005
The Conversation: Britain’s forgotten prison island: remembering the thousands of convicts who died working in Bermuda’s dockyards (Media)
McKay, A. (2024). The Conversation: Britain’s forgotten prison island: remembering the thousands of convicts who died working in Bermuda’s dockyards. [Online]. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/
BBC Radio 3: Free Thinking episode, 'Myths, ships and history' (Media)
McKay, A. (2024). BBC Radio 3: Free Thinking episode, 'Myths, ships and history'. [Radio]. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w8h7
2023
Empire of Hell: Religion and the Campaign to End Convict Transportation in the British Empire, 1788-1875 (Journal article)
McKay, A. (2023). Empire of Hell: Religion and the Campaign to End Convict Transportation in the British Empire, 1788-1875. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW, 138(590-591), 342-344. doi:10.1093/ehr/cead111DOI: 10.1093/ehr/cead111
Asylum Barges in historical context: Britain’s prison hulks expose fault lines in today’s policy (Report)
McKay, A. (n.d.). Asylum Barges in historical context: Britain’s prison hulks expose fault lines in today’s policy. Retrieved from https://www.historyandpolicy.org/
The Financial Times: Putting asylum seekers on barges is an idea that should be consigned to history (Media)
McKay, A. (2023). The Financial Times: Putting asylum seekers on barges is an idea that should be consigned to history. [Online and in Print - The Financial Times]. Retrieved from https://www.ft.com/content/b3ccd726-fcb5-435a-9fe2-4c79c17f950c
The Guardian: Why does the Tory plan to house asylum seekers on barges sound Dickensian? Because it is (Media)
McKay, A. (2023). The Guardian: Why does the Tory plan to house asylum seekers on barges sound Dickensian? Because it is. [Guardian Online]. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
New Statesman: Robert Jenrick and the return of prison hulks (Media)
McKay, A. (2023). New Statesman: Robert Jenrick and the return of prison hulks. [Online]. Retrieved from https://www.newstatesman.com/
2022
BBC History Magazine: Floating hell: the brutal history of prison hulks (Media)
McKay, A. (2022). BBC History Magazine: Floating hell: the brutal history of prison hulks. [Magazine article]. Retrieved from https://www.historyextra.com/
“We Bought a Guillotine Neatly Done in Bone” (Chapter)
McKay, A. (2022). “We Bought a Guillotine Neatly Done in Bone”. In Small Things in the Eighteenth Century (pp. 143-157). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108993296.013DOI: 10.1017/9781108993296.013
Times Higher Education: Walk the walk to benefit your academic research (Media)
McKay, A. (2022). Times Higher Education: Walk the walk to benefit your academic research. [Online]. Retrieved from https://www.timeshighereducation.com/
Interdisciplinary Walks: Investigating the benefits of walking for research (Journal article)
McKay, A. (n.d.). Interdisciplinary Walks: Investigating the benefits of walking for research. LIAS Working Paper Series, 9. doi:10.29311/lwps.202294112DOI: 10.29311/lwps.202294112
2021
'Allowed to die'? Prison Hulks, Convict Corpses and the Inquiry of 1847 (Journal article)
McKay, A. L. (2021). 'Allowed to die'? Prison Hulks, Convict Corpses and the Inquiry of 1847. CULTURAL & SOCIAL HISTORY, 18(2), 163-181. doi:10.1080/14780038.2021.1893917DOI: 10.1080/14780038.2021.1893917