29 great pictures of old Royal Infirmary I remember so well from being porter there in student days.Including ⁦Prof James Garden⁩ and others in photo 24 after first liver transplant in 1992. Can't wait to enter again as front becomes Futures Institute. edinburghnews.scotsman.com/heritage-and-r…

Fascinating chat this wk with Prof Tim Stockwell of CISUR ahead of talk in Edinburgh with SHAAP RCPEdin Elias

Why does the myth that moderate drinking is 'good for you' still persist? heraldscotland.com/news/24245768.…
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Australian National Radio. 30 minutes : Remembering the Spanish Civil war. To document and discuss the conflict and the international response, a new Virtual Museum of the Spanish Civil war is being created by historians from some 30 countries. abc.net.au/listen/program…

Good to see Barney Shields here. He was the last man standing at Belchite giving covering fire for his comrades: historycompany.co.uk/2012/09/05/wha…

EXACTLY ✨ 💙melanie jones 💙🕷✨ . is this really good for us?
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'Executive funds pioneering research on patient experience of cancer' below remember announcing 20 years ago today ⁦Chris Holme⁩ never gets the headlines but progress in Health much more likely if experience of patients listened to and acted on. stir.ac.uk/news/2004/04/

Today's the day! My new book JACK AND EVE: TWO WOMEN IN LOVE AND AT WAR is out now. I'm proud to introduce Vera 'Jack' Holme and Evelina 'Eve' Haverfield to the wider world. Suffragettes, war heroes, life partners - they are an inspiration. Dr Lindsey Fitzharris James Holland

So chuffed by this review of my new book JACK AND EVE from clare mulley in literary review today - 'Had Wendy Moore been writing a novel, she could hardly have invented more fabulous leading characters than Vera ‘Jack’ Holme and Evelina ‘Eve’ Haverfield ...'

Public health boss: Scots 'dying younger than in any other western European country' heraldscotland.com/news/24220250.… heraldscotland.com/news/24220250.…

Just three days to go till my new book JACK AND EVE: TWO WOMEN IN LOVE AND AT WAR hits the shops! Lots of talks and festivals lined up - details and booking here wendymoore.org/events/
Atlantic Books PEW Literary Amanda Foreman 💙 🇺🇦 Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

Another excellent piece from Helen,

Wondering why the STV News News at Six bulletin is cancelled ? Our NUJ STV members have begun the first in a series of strikes - and management have had to learn that you can’t make journalism without journalists.
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.Instituto Reuters en español has analyzed gender inequality and the percentage of people of color in newsroom leadership since 2020. The results have not been the most encouraging, including in Latin America.
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Bruce Fraser, Auditor General and passionate wordsmith. My piece (pp 62 and 63) in the current CSW magazine Stephen Boyle NI Audit Office Gareth Davies Tony Murphy
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Stakeholders, delivery landscapes and other such gibberish - my piece (pp 62, 63) in the latest Civil Service World magazine
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Even before his heroics with an axe, Walter Elliot led a colourful life as a battlefield doctor and the minister who started free school milk — yet now he is largely unknown thetimes.co.uk/article/forgot…

Staggering stats in this report. NI Audit Office laying bare the crisis in NI General Practice. For too long GPs trying to do More and More with Less and Less 5.4% of the budget is not and will not stretch to a fully functioning GP service. Saving NI General Practice can’t wait!

#HistNursing #HistMed a lesser spotted tweet on history of midwifery

Carmel Bagness

A look at the 1950s coffee house craze.
Full clip here: ow.ly/B8tF50QXzak

The Amazing uses of linoleum (1958).
Full film here: ow.ly/OuEk50QVoxG