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It's an honour to be speaking tonight at the Royal College of Surgeons for the Women in Surgery celebration of International Women's Day. I'm talking about inspirational doctors, Louisa Garrett Anderson and Flora Murray, who ran a military hospital in London in WW1. @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social

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I'm speaking tom night - Feb 27 6.30pm - at Stratford Library, 3 The Grove E15 1EL, about Vera 'Jack' Holme and Evelina Haverfield, two extraordinary women who were suffragettes, lovers and First World War heroes. Part of LGBTQ History Month. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jack-and-e...

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I'm speaking on Sat Feb 22 2pm at North Kensington Library about Vera 'Jack' Holme and Evelina Haverfield as part of Serbian Culture Month to remember the women heroes of the First World War. Free but book here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jack-and-e...

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On Selina MacKenzie's 'Lifestyles' from 14.00CET, @wendymoore99.bsky.social with 'Jack and Eve: Two Suffragettes in Love and at War', and Leila Taylor on 'Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread'

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UK and US/Canada versions of my book, Immaculate Forms, are now both out in the wild. And UK paperback cover (coming in June) agreed upon!

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Spotted! In Foyles at Waterloo Station. @atlanticbooks.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social

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You are never truly naked if you are sporting a dashing mustache!

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Reskeeted to remind me to look for it

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It's OUT! The paperback of my book JACK AND EVE is in shops and available online today. @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social @atlanticbooks.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social

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One week to go! The paperback of my latest book, JACK AND EVE, is out next Thursday Feb 6! @atlanticbooks.bsky.social @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social @thetls.bsky.social

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Based on one of my favourite archives. Their work in Scottish Women’s Hospital in Serbia in #WW1 is of interest to ##Histnursing and #HistMed peeps

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Sorry if the link didn't work. Here are details for my talk at the IWM London on Feb 5. www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-i...

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Less than 3 weeks to go till my talk at the Imperial War Museum London on two pioneering women - Vera 'Jack' Holme and Evelina Haverfield - who were suffragettes, lovers and intrepid First World War heroes. Find out more on Feb 5 iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-in-… #iwm #army #lgbtq

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Late medieval urine wheel, c.1500. Before stethoscopes and x-rays, a pot of piss was an important diagnostic tool. The wheel usually consisted of 20 different colours ranging from "white as well-water" to "black as very dark horn." The colour was associated with various ailments.

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Paperbacks of my latest book JACK AND EVE just arrived hot off the press and looking wonderful! In shops Feb 5 or pre-order now. @atlanticbooks.bsky.social @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

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I'm honoured to be giving a talk at the Imperial War Museum London to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the end of the ban on gay people in British armed forces. I'm talking about my book JACK AND EVE: TWO SUFFRAGETTES IN LOVE AND AT WAR on 5 FEB. www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-i...

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Thank you so much Lee! That's very kind.

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OUT ONE MONTH TODAY - The paperback of my latest book JACK AND EVE. Available to pre-order from Waterstones www.waterstones.com/book/jack-an... and Hive www.hive.co.uk/Product/Wend... @atlanticbooks.bsky.social @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

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Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle was torpedoed by a German U-boat in WW1, an act of savagery that forever changed war crime prosecutions. Order at: Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3 Bookmanager (Indies) tinyurl.com/muzfepuk Indigo tinyurl.com/yck4rua2 #canada #canadahistory

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Finally got round to making the mince pies (been ill over Christmas) #betterlatethannever

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Happy New Year!! I'm in Florida and we're one hour from midnight - so I'm going to pack it in for the night. I'll share the final 10 MEDICAL HISTORY OBJECTS tomorrow to kick off 2025 in the nerdiest way possible! Thanks to everyone on #Bluesky for welcoming me here this past year.

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Radio 4, today, 26 Dec, at 11; also on Saturday; and on BBC Sounds: The Infinite Monkey Cage on the history of the body, #MedHist. I’m among the panelists! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

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The Infinite Monkey Cage episode on the history of the body, in which I took part, is live on BBC Radio 4 on Boxing Day at 11 a.m (and already on BBC Sounds). All sorts of weird and wonderful stories! Photo credit BBC/Yourkevich

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The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity

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“Wound Man” is an illustration which first appeared in European surgical texts during the Middle Ages. It laid out schematically the various wounds a person might suffer in battle or in accidents, with accompanying text stating treatments. Tag yourself as a wound ahead of the holidays!

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benjaminfranklinhouse.org/shortlist-an... Congratulations to all the writers shortlisted for the Benjamin Franklin House literary prize! 🎉🎉🎉

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Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @wendymoore99.bsky.social & @atlanticbooks.bsky.social! Subscribe to Damn History: https://buff.ly/3CqxZ0z https://buff.ly/4iB4XvF

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“An Early Day Motion, put down by MPs, called on ministers to issue a “Public Interest Intervention Notice (PIIN), to allow for further regulatory consideration of sale’s likely impact” Lisa Nandy urged to intervene (& Guardian cancels table at tonight’s press awards) inews.co.uk/news/media/g...

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Strike Day 3: going on strike isn’t meant to be fun. Yet here we are. Great colleagues, great craic & great @billybragg.bsky.social. What’s going on inside that building is the opposite of all these things. ‘Solidarity forever for the union makes us strong’ ✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊

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THREAD on the practice of "SIN-EATING" 🧵 In 19th-century Britain, it was customary during a funeral to provide biscuits for mourners to take away. They were often wrapped and sealed in black wax. Here you see an example of a funeral biscuit wrapper from 1828. 1/9

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Bit of a challenge to get to ... but well worth the effort. Excellent end-of-year exhibition by students of Royal Drawing School in Shoreditch. A lot of talented young people. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/ove...

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Just finished the brilliant guided tour of Wilton's Music Hall in Grace Street London. Fascinating place and amazing history.

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Trepanation involved drilling holes into the skull to alleviate various conditions in the past. Here, the holes in the skull [2200 B.C.E.] have begun to heal which suggests that although dangerous, this ancient procedure was not necessarily fatal. #histmed Photo: @wellcomecollection.bsky.social

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