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Fabulous to see this all come together! So many great articles 🤩 Also the final output from the mighty & lovely hospital senses collective @victoriabates.bsky.social @marieallitt.bsky.social @harrietbarratt.bsky.social @agnesjuliet.bsky.social and Rebecca Fleetwood-Smith

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I made a film with my brilliant friend Rita Conry about hormonal birth control and it’s going to be screened as part of a month-long online women’s rights documentary film festival! www.womensvoicesnow.org/high-soft-an...

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The Guardian has today joined the creative industries in a nationwide campaign to highlight the risks around content being given away for free to AI firms. You can read more about how to get involved here: newsmediauk.org/make-it-fair/

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NEW: Latest survey with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social of the UK public’s views on the NHS and social care, and first under the new Labour government, shows making it easier to get appointments at GP practices has risen to the top of the public’s priorities for the NHS. Full findings 👇 buff.ly/43auwOQ

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And you thought the papacy was the going to be next vacancy for leading a major religion. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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A harrowing account of a cascade of small but catastrophic failures: “A macabre…glimpse of how medical practitioners in the UK interact with the public, and the code words patients might unknowingly say that can send them to the top — or bottom — of the urgency list” www.ft.com/content/f94a...

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Final prep today for #womensgrassrootsactivism podcast series. 5 x episodes on activism of @womensinstitute.bsky.social SIGBI, ICA & WINI, hosted on @ucddublin.bsky.social History Hub released from next week in run up to #IWD2025. 👀 this space. @whaireland.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

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A really great and thoughtful article about motherhood, medical advice, and maternal responsibility mh.bmj.com/content/50/2...

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Is it because one-fifth is too high? What would be a believable proportion?

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"We are taught that the British welfare state was invented after WWII. It wasn’t. It was built piece by piece over decades through the work of pioneers like Joseph Rowntree" 🗣️ @paulkissack.bsky.social reflects on Rowntree's legacy: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...

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Why are birth rates crashing worldwide? How does this affect economics & politics? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dig into the data! This was great fun!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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My toddler had a lot of hair. I’ve done, in the words of my partner, “a very bad job”

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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

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🚨BREAKING: Chief Medical Officer Sir Chris Whitty and NHS England medical director Sir Steve Powis are to lead a review of postgraduate medical training after concerns raised by resident (the old junior) doctors. A report is due in summer. Details: www.england.nhs.uk/postgraduate...

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I've been nominated for supervisor of the year! 🥲 @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social "It’s rare to find someone who combines professionalism with such a warm, caring approach...Her encouragement, responsiveness, and genuine interest in my work have been instrumental in helping me stay focused & motivated"

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I’m biased, but the paperback also has the very best cover. Thank you @picadorbooks.bsky.social

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Fantastic - me

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Today's schedule: project meeting; MA plagiarism viva; teaching nostalgic masculinities with the aid of Top Gear and @agnesjuliet.bsky.social's excellent book Nostalgia: a History of a Dangerous Emotion.

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The paperback of NOSTALGIA comes out on the 20th of March! 'Absorbing' - The Guardian 'Illuminating' - Vogue 'Fascinating' - Pandora Sykes ‘Beautifully compact, wide-ranging and enjoyable’ - TLS www.panmacmillan.com/authors/agne...

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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS BY WOMEN HISTORIANS: Political Nostalgias Volume 2 - the modern and contemporary world. 🗃️ Please share with your networks. Any questions - email me!

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It might not be glamorous, but NHS admin is absolutely key to access and experience. "20% of patients received a letter for an appointment after it was supposed to take place"

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I’ve been on tenterhooks for this announcement and it doesn’t disappoint!

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THIS is going to be the book of the year

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We're talking about the limits to the NHS - dentistry, optometry, palliative care, prescription charges, mental health - and I'm asking my students to name the five things they would fund, if it meant people had to pay for everything else. It's great, I feel dastardly

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I mean...

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I’ve just been reminded of my lockdown-era hen party when I roamed around the Bedfordshire countryside with three friends in a 1980s wedding dress and an assortment of headdresses loaned by my costume-designer friend

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NOSTALGIA #author @agnesjuliet.bsky.social will be with us in N.Cotswolds this May Buy Tickets and order the book @borzoibookshop.bsky.social on line www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

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This is brilliant! And #author @agnesjuliet.bsky.social will be with us in N.Cotswolds this May to discuss NOSTALGIA Buy Tickets and order the book @borzoibookshop.bsky.social on line www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

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#womeninstem Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science. A long way to go....

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Quick swing by the National Portrait Gallery to pay a visit to my son’s namesake

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