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So sorry to hear of the passing of Tom Garvin, former Professor of Politics UCD Politics and International Relations. A brilliant political historian and a gifted storyteller. May he rest in peace

NEW: Sadiq Khan launches £1m toolkit to teach young London children about "healthy relationships". The mayor has stressed the importance of reaching children "before they start seeing content from individuals like Andrew Tate online". standard.co.uk/news/london/sa…

The claim by former US congressman Adam Kinzinger and others that UNRWA has added a black ribbon to its official X account to "mourn" the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is totally false. UNRWA has had a black ribbon on its X account for almost a year.

Video report from the mayor's visit to Seven Sisters Primary School this morning, joined by DJ and broadcaster Ashley James youtube.com/watch?v=xD8GDe…

The Soviet military map of where I grew up: Finaghy, Balmoral, Dunmurry and Larkfield - Финахи, Балморал, Данмарри, Ларкфилд.

Heartwarming thoughts from Samuel Taylor Coleridge (b otd 1772): "The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment." "Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree."

Great news!

yesterday while making a lot of new additions to Palestine Film Index, i discovered that Antonia Caccia has recently uploaded a number of the remarkable (full) films she made in Palestine & South Africa including Voices From Gaza (1989), On Our Lands (1981)youtube.com/@AntoniaCaccia

When Iranian police beat women in the streets for standing up for their rights, the world - and Germany - rightfully condemned it. But those condemnations ring very hollow now as German police beat and kick elderly women for objecting to Israel's slaughter of Palestinians.

Excited to have co-authored this piece with @willbynumMD in The Lancet "Shame competence: addressing the effects of shame in health care" #shame #MedTwitter #MedEd ShameLab University of Exeter News Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences @wcceh thelancet.com/journals/lance…

There is a need for a new book on neurology without physical signs and normal imaging focusing on symptoms like headache, face pain etc and discussing the distinguishing clues yhat can help in the history and putting possible causes into perspective related to their frequency

A huge honour to be invited to the House of Lords this week for the launch of Rethinking Health. Wonderful to see Hamaad @hamaadkhan.bsky.social and colleagues foregrounding patient stories as they look to the future. Thrilled to meet you there, fellow Medicine Unheard podcast guest Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan!

A meaningful example of how the humanities can be part of the change we need to make in healthcare. Thank you Loughborough University and The Leverhulme Trust for the time and freedom to do the slow and often hidden work we depend upon to break new ground in the arts.

Yes! 'Most of the problems that #disabled activists have described as problems of #disability apply to sickness too. People w chronic illnesses often find they are put under great pressure to deny the effects of their condition.' Neil Vickers

Got the first hard copy of my new book today. Always an exciting moment. It feels good in the hand!

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Delighted by this perceptive and very generous review of my book (with Derek Bolton), "Being Ill: On Sickness, Care and Abandonment" in today's edition of The Lancet. Read it here: bit.ly/4gKmDUg King's CHH King's Global Health & Social Medicine (GHSM)

I'm so delighted and thrilled by Jürgen Pieters' profound and perceptive review of my book (with Derek Bolton) Being Ill: On Sickness, Care and Abandonment (Reaktion, 2024) in The Polyphony. A link will follow in my next post.

thepolyphony.org/2025/03/17/on-…

Delighted to report that my article on the Narrative Based Medical Humanities 1980-95 has just appeared and is free to download here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…