We’re raising money towards a much needed Accessibility Viewing Platform Chester FC We’re working hard in the background with Chester FC Community Trust on external funding but it really will take #AllOfUs Can you help by retweeting our fundraising page? justgiving.com/page/cfcctxbla…

An irreplaceable tradition or an inconvenience? Our survey of non-league fans on the issue of replays in the FA Cup qualifying rounds is closing soon - have your say... surveymonkey.com/r/cup-replays

Very happy to announce that on Sept 25 Prof Christos Lynteris will be giving his Inaugural Lecture University of St Andrews on the topic of Zoonotic Transformations of a Pandemic Disease events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/inaugur…

Workshop Announcement! Habit, the Body, & the Arts in Early Modernity @ Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 10 Oct 2024. Please circulate widely! Featuring Dr William Tullett , Clare Carlisle, Carmel Raz, Racha Kirakosian & Ewan Jones! Register to attend: eventbrite.com/e/habit-the-bo…

Christos Lynteris will be delivering his inaugural lecture tomorrow University of St Andrews St Andrews Social Anthropology on the subject of "Zoonotic Transformations of a Pandemic Disease" events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/inaugur…

I'm really pleased to see the first of my series of blog posts with Thackray Museum of Medicine up on their website! The posts are inspired by aspects of the new 'You Choose' exhibition & the first focuses on the onboarding display on glasses. Please share! thackraymuseum.co.uk/glasses-techno…

Another new face at the Platform! Rebecca Jackson joins us as a Bridging Fellow in the Measurement Lab, where she'll be using historical cases of non-standard clinical measuring to develop a clinically-informed philosophy of measurement. Find out more: tinyurl.com/rebecca-jackson

Calling all aspiring healthcare educators! Join the next info session on our Medical Educators -accredited Health Professions Education programme: 📍Online 🗓️Tue, 16 Oct, 1pm GMT ✍️Register: bit.ly/3UGjc92 PGCert/PGDip/MSc options available: bit.ly/3HIaY8c

We've just signed up for this too... A great opportunity for local businesses (and fanzines) to get involved with an excellent and long overdue cause.

Announcing the Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research Congress, 21-23 May 2025! The theme is TONGUES: Medical Humanities across linguistic and cultural frontiers. Send your papers, panels, and other submissions to [email protected] - see the image for more details!

The clock's ticking, but there's still plenty of time to complete History UK's survey on "disability, accessibility and history in UK Higher Education", Folks! Deadline: 8 Nov #DisabilityTwitter history-uk.ac.uk/2024/10/08/his…

Historians and trade unionists are still fundraising to get a blue plaque commemorating the Northern Star newspaper and the Chartist movement in central Leeds - find out more and get the link to our crowdfunder here! We have 25 days to raise £1000 drvicclarke.co.uk/2024/10/18/nor…

On my way to London for Emily Herring 's book launch!!! Time will go too slow on the way down, and too fast while we're there. If only there was a book that could explain this phenomenon...

An amazing discovery that came two days late to be included in the lecture in which I confidently told a roomful of students that Ignatius Sancho was the first known British voter of African descent 🤦‍♂️

Cuts to history departments – particularly in post-92 universities – risk making the subject the “preserve of elite institutions” in the UK, warns Royal Historical Society report timeshighereducation.com/news/more-uk-u…

SIX!!! UTRECHT! Dear god, the devastation these populists are wrecking. Again, no international academics can stick their head in the sand over this: we all work with Utrecht colleagues and it's one of the big ones for exchange programmes. Please co-sign: change.org/p/stop-cuts-on…

It's #BookGiveaway time! If you're based in the UK or Ireland here's a chance to win a copy of my biography of Henri Bergson and find out why he caused the first ever traffic jam on Broadway! All you have to do is retweet this! I'll announce the winner on Tuesday (5/11)

If ever we needed a laugh it was now, so I am giving away three free copies of my new paperback - signed and dedicated to you or anyone of your choosing. Makes an excellent cheapskate Christmas present. Just retweet this message and I will pick three at random...

Later this week I'll be attending our department book launch party. Instead of individual celebrations across the year, we do them together. This year I get to celebrate: Victorian Interdisciplinarity and the Science! Details 👇 upittpress.org/books/97808229…

⏪ Half a century on from one of the most famous results in our club's history, we are delighted to announce members of the team from that unforgettable night at Sealand Road will be the guests of honour at our first ever 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 at our next home game!