These are The Economist’s favourite podcasts of 2023 "Empire” This podcast untangles colonialism’s complex legacy. William Dalrymple and Anita Anand have examined the imperial pasts of Britain and Russia, as well as the history of slavery. The latest season focuses on Persia,

Good grief! We just crossed TWENTY MILLION downloads Empire Podcast! Thank you wonderful anita anand for putting up with me, week after week, and thank you our wonderful listeners for keeping listening, despite everything!

Incredibly pleased to have passed 20,000,000 downloads earlier this month 🎉 🍾 Thank you to everyone who has listened, shared, and written in to the podcast. William Dalrymple + anita anand + the team at Goalhanger are so grateful. Who's been enjoying the Persia series?

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Just finished this 👇🏽by Kenyan literary giant-Ngugi wa Thiong'o writer/poet/playwright growing up during the transition of Kenya from a British colony to an independent country 🇰🇪. He studied at Makerere University in Uganda 🇺🇬 (where my father was a lecturer). Superb 👌

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Dr Hilary Jones explains that Junior Doctors want salaries to go from £15 an hour to £20 an hour For contrast, I had an electrician in for an hour last month, he charged £90 for an hour. I'm not saying pay electricians less, I'm saying pay doctors more. That's why I support

Belantamab mafodotin in relapsed AL British Journal of Haematology Real world n=31 Med fu 12m Med 5 doses, 1.9mg/kg 6wkly (1.25-2.5) ORR 71% VGPR/CR 58% Time ➡️best response 2m 👁️68% keratopathy: all reversible Use in pts trial ‘ineligible’: 23% dialysis (39% eGFR<30) 13% Mayo IIIb awechalekar

William Dalrymple Empire Podcast anita anand Dr Gabrielle Walker The Empire podcast by historian William Dalrymple and journalist Anita Anand is probably the most thoughtfully rendered and curated podcast online. Strongly recommended.

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The first class Ambulatory Care Team UCLH are holding a masterclass in how to develop and run and ambulatory care unit in cancer care. Don’t miss out! gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Finished recording the audio version of my History of Africa book. More of a marathon than a sprint! Out April 18

Congratulations Karl! UCLH UCL Cancer Institute NIHR UCLH Biomedical Research Centre 🥳

Wonderful talks from Josephine Vos & co on trials (and tribulations)

An exciting clinical research fellow in haematology post now open at UK National Amyloidosis Centre and UCLH amyloidosis/MGCS trials clinic - see #nhsjobs - 2-3 yrs with opportunities to do a PhD at UCL. OutLandysh Society BSH - Haematology European Hematology Association ASH LinkedIn

Safety, tolerability, and activity of the active C1s antibody #riliprubart in cold agglutinin disease: a phase 1b study 👉tinyurl.com/4wv9c959 Gives us another potential new option to treat these very difficult patients if hemolysis is a problem. @BloodJournal Shirley D’Sa

Designed by patients, carers, charities, patient orgs and haematology HCPs inc Shirley D’Sa Claire Harrison Nick Duncan Martin Kaiser awechalekar Prof Kofi Anie Mina Gupta Dr Sanne Lugthart Dr Jo Emmanuel Daniel Royston #HPCC2024 #haematology #patientempowerment

Thousands of people in the UK are to take part in countrywide trials to identify accurate and quick blood tests that can diagnose #dementia, led by Prof Jonathan Schott (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) and Dementias Platform UK, based at University of Oxford. Read in The Guardian ⬇️ bit.ly/3U3vkQO