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Claire L Jones

@claireljones.bsky.social

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Medical historian of modern Britain/curator (thinks/writes about: condoms, toothbrushes & lately, urine; secretary of Society for the Social History of Medicine @sshmedicine.bsky.social); music & horror film fan; singer; runner; mum; find me at the beach ⛱

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 17h

Exactly. That was my first thought too on this 'news'

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 20h

I reviewed Chris Locke's new book on GPs and political protest for Social History of Medicine - a valuable take on its history from the late nineteenth century to the start of the NHS.

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Chris Locke, GPs, Politics and Medical Professional Protest in Britain, 1880–1948

In GPs, Politics and Medical Professional Protest in Britain, 1880–1948, Chris Locke asks, why did GPs become politicized in Britain? Most medical historia

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 22h

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks Carsten!

Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 22h

FWIW I appreciate bluntness

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 22h

I can imagine. I'm not autistic but I am from Essex!

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 22h

Sometimes, I forget how my bluntness shocks people, especially polite middle class people

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 1d

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 1d

Exciting CfP for historians working on motherhood, gender, work and politics in a global or transnational frame in the early 20th century:
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Motherhood Without Poverty 2026

Motherhood Without Poverty: Working-Class Women and Global Struggles for Work, Family, and Reproductive Autonomy (1918–1939) Call for papers A One-Day Hybrid Workshop at the University of Glasgow Frid...

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 2d

Now open access: BJRL back archive, including special issue on ‘Medical History in Manchester: Health and Healing in an Industrial City, 1750–2005’. Check it out.

Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 2d

This week, Professor Carsten Timmermann writes on Bulletin 87:1, ‘Medical History in Manchester: Health and Healing in an Industrial City, 1750–2005’.

Read the blog post: bit.ly/3KYQL39

BJRL Goes Open Access: Professor Carsten Timmermann on Manchester's Medical History - Manchester University Press

BJRL 87:1 is now Open Access on Manchesterhive.

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 1d

*shudders*

Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that it's not obvious for so many people is another reason we are all doomed

Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 1d

It makes him look more sinister

Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 1d

So Jenrick is on Ozempic right?

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 1d

Lol it shows what a £200m gift from the Blackstone group can do.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/oxfords...

Oxford’s largest-ever project ‘shows what the humanities can do’

New building which brings together disciplines for the first time will also open its doors to the public to engage with big questions facing the world

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 2d

Ha, a pleasure! It's such a good code. I remember well the excitement I felt on cracking it!

Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 2d

You might remember that I included in my book the code contraceptives sellers used to promote goods in newspapers: they used the first initials of the newspaper in the ad e.g. P. N. George for Police News, D. H. George for Daily Herald etc etc.

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 3d

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3d

This whole obsession with "too many people going to uni" is such a classic example of the parochialism of UK policymaking. No one bothers to ask why the % here is lower than in most other developed countries or whether that might be relevant.

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CSHHH @cshhh.bsky.social · 3d

We are thrilled to announce that @joannabourke.bsky.social and Tracey Loughran will be helping us to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the @cshhh.bsky.social. Come along on the 29th of October to hear two fantastic public lectures and to raise a glass with us. Register here:
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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 3d

One of the greats

Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sure there are examples of worse management, but it's hard to image tbh

21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 3d

Universities of Dundee, Kent, Brunel, Coventry & Swansea defer pay rises

Kent’s “review in the coming months” is temporal evasion at its finest, while Coventry’s “break even position” heroically rebrands “we won’t pay” as “fiscal courage”

The academic austerity opera continues

Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 4d

At least five UK universities have told staff they will not be paying them the sector-wide uplift that was due in August for almost a year. Juliette Rowsell reports
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/five-uk-universities-tell-staff-they-cant-afford-pay-rises

Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 3d

Join us!

Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 3d

Did I mention this?

🚨Online today, 6 Oct, 4-5:30pm BST. Still time for free registration!🚨

For The SSHM Lecture 2025, Prof. Jeremy Greene will be presenting 'Wasted medicines & medical wastes: Notes from the trash-heap of medical history'

#histmed #histSTM #skystorians 🗃

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SSHM AGM & The SSHM Lecture 2025

Monday 6 October [Online] 4:00 – 5:30pm (UK time) As required, the Society gives notice to members that the Annual General Meeting to formally accept the accounts for 2024 and for…

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 3d

Reminder to the #histSTM #skystorian crowd that there's an online, free seminar this pm UK time which feels like it might speak to a lot of contemporary interests (including #EnvHist - see you there!

Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 4d

Planning your week? How you fixed tomorrow, 6 Oct, 4-5:30pm BST?

Come along to @sshmedicine.bsky.social's AGM, followed by The SSHM Lecture 2025: Prof. Jeremy Greene, 'Wasted medicines & medical wastes: Notes from the trash-heap of medical history'

Free registration 👇

#histmed #histSTM #matcult

SSHM AGM & The SSHM Lecture 2025

Monday 6 October [Online] 4:00 – 5:30pm (UK time) As required, the Society gives notice to members that the Annual General Meeting to formally accept the accounts for 2024 and for…

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 6d

Get Out. It's so horribly brilliant