Barry Doyle
@profbarrydoyle.bsky.social
Prof of History of Health @manchstm.bsky.social interested in hospitals and cities. Also some contemporary British Politics. Like walking in hills sometimes go running!
Chair EuroHealthHist COST Action https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA22159/
Chair EuroHealthHist COST Action https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA22159/
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Members of WG1 @eurohealthhist.bsky.social leaded by @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social visiting University of Alcala @uahes.bsky.social founded by cardenal Cisneros in 1499. One of the 5 World Heritage Universities. @chendirl.bsky.social #HistMed #MedHum
January 17, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Members of WG1 @eurohealthhist.bsky.social leaded by @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social visiting University of Alcala @uahes.bsky.social founded by cardenal Cisneros in 1499. One of the 5 World Heritage Universities. @chendirl.bsky.social #HistMed #MedHum
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Members of WG1 @eurohealthhist.bsky.social visiting old Hospital de Antezana in Alcalá de Henares (Spain) with a sweet surprise at the end of the guided tour ☕️🍪🍫 #HistMed #Skyhistorian @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Members of WG1 @eurohealthhist.bsky.social visiting old Hospital de Antezana in Alcalá de Henares (Spain) with a sweet surprise at the end of the guided tour ☕️🍪🍫 #HistMed #Skyhistorian @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social
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#Spain is where all the action is in 2026!! Following our Madrid event, our University of Granada hosts welcome #ReproHist scholars to #HistMed #MedHums workshop. Zoom link will issue to registered attendees only. #HistNursing #HistMidwifery #Skystorians #GenderHist #WomensHistory #HistHealth
January 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
#Spain is where all the action is in 2026!! Following our Madrid event, our University of Granada hosts welcome #ReproHist scholars to #HistMed #MedHums workshop. Zoom link will issue to registered attendees only. #HistNursing #HistMidwifery #Skystorians #GenderHist #WomensHistory #HistHealth
My paper today with @lolaruizberdun.bsky.social for our @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @costprogramme.bsky.social event in Alcala on healthcare in southern Europe and the Mediterranean
January 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
My paper today with @lolaruizberdun.bsky.social for our @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @costprogramme.bsky.social event in Alcala on healthcare in southern Europe and the Mediterranean
Looking forward to this event and to presenting a paper with our brilliant organiser @lolaruizberdun.bsky.social on maternity services in Spain and England 1920-60. BTW Alcala de Henares is a lovely city. Looking forward to a walk in the hills this afternoon!
Continuity and Change in Southern European and Mediterranean Healthcare (1850–2000) hosted at Facultad de Medicina Alcalá de Henares university by WG1 this Fri & Sat - this is hybrid so check bulletin for link if you can't join in person #HistMed #Skystorians #MedHums
January 14, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Looking forward to this event and to presenting a paper with our brilliant organiser @lolaruizberdun.bsky.social on maternity services in Spain and England 1920-60. BTW Alcala de Henares is a lovely city. Looking forward to a walk in the hills this afternoon!
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Continuity and Change in Southern European and Mediterranean Healthcare (1850–2000) hosted at Facultad de Medicina Alcalá de Henares university by WG1 this Fri & Sat - this is hybrid so check bulletin for link if you can't join in person #HistMed #Skystorians #MedHums
January 13, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Continuity and Change in Southern European and Mediterranean Healthcare (1850–2000) hosted at Facultad de Medicina Alcalá de Henares university by WG1 this Fri & Sat - this is hybrid so check bulletin for link if you can't join in person #HistMed #Skystorians #MedHums
First time @NCL_RedBulls to see Match with @USAPerpignan in European Challenge Cup. Current form suggests a close match on a beautiful crisp day.
January 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
First time @NCL_RedBulls to see Match with @USAPerpignan in European Challenge Cup. Current form suggests a close match on a beautiful crisp day.
Someone asked me yesterday why I like walking. This is the answer! Helm Crag above Grasmere with a view to Easedale Tarn. It’s perfect on a day like today. 😻
December 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Someone asked me yesterday why I like walking. This is the answer! Helm Crag above Grasmere with a view to Easedale Tarn. It’s perfect on a day like today. 😻
We’ve just made a Christmas donation to #Crisis www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved... Why not do the same?🎅
Donate to Crisis at Christmas
I'm helping someone start their life beyond homelessness this Christmas. You can too!
www.crisis.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We’ve just made a Christmas donation to #Crisis www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved... Why not do the same?🎅
The @LibDems won more council by election seats than any other party and secured the second highest vote share of any party. It really is a two horse race!
Seats & Votes won in Council By-Elections in 2025:
🔶 LDM: 106 (+21), 20.2%
➡️ RFM: 104 (+94), 24.2%
🌳 CON: 45 (-24), 18.2%
🌹 LAB: 36 (-89), 16.3%
🌍 GRN: 24 (+6), 9.9%
⚫ Oth: 39 (-8), 11.3%
🔶 LDM: 106 (+21), 20.2%
➡️ RFM: 104 (+94), 24.2%
🌳 CON: 45 (-24), 18.2%
🌹 LAB: 36 (-89), 16.3%
🌍 GRN: 24 (+6), 9.9%
⚫ Oth: 39 (-8), 11.3%
December 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The @LibDems won more council by election seats than any other party and secured the second highest vote share of any party. It really is a two horse race!
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Yesterday I delivered my inaugural address as a full member of the Academy of Nursing Sciences of the Community of Madrid (Spain) titled “Lights and shadows in the History of Midwives in Madrid” @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Yesterday I delivered my inaugural address as a full member of the Academy of Nursing Sciences of the Community of Madrid (Spain) titled “Lights and shadows in the History of Midwives in Madrid” @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social
Reform win in Scotland!
Whitburn and Blackburn West Lothian by election. Reform beat Labour and SNP. Coming from 3rd place in 2024.
Whitburn and Blackburn West Lothian by election. Reform beat Labour and SNP. Coming from 3rd place in 2024.
December 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Reform win in Scotland!
Whitburn and Blackburn West Lothian by election. Reform beat Labour and SNP. Coming from 3rd place in 2024.
Whitburn and Blackburn West Lothian by election. Reform beat Labour and SNP. Coming from 3rd place in 2024.
Fort William and Ardnamurchan by election result 1st Prefs:
Lib Dem 925
SNP 665
Reform 220
Green 216
Con 175
Lab 87
Lib Dem elected at stage 5
@assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social @electionmaps.uk
Lib Dem 925
SNP 665
Reform 220
Green 216
Con 175
Lab 87
Lib Dem elected at stage 5
@assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social @electionmaps.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Fort William and Ardnamurchan by election result 1st Prefs:
Lib Dem 925
SNP 665
Reform 220
Green 216
Con 175
Lab 87
Lib Dem elected at stage 5
@assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social @electionmaps.uk
Lib Dem 925
SNP 665
Reform 220
Green 216
Con 175
Lab 87
Lib Dem elected at stage 5
@assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social @electionmaps.uk
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🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
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Another seminar for your diaries: on 9 December we are welcoming Dr Angela Cassidy @angecass.bsky.social for a talk on the multiple lives of modern mycobacteria.
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
CHSTM Research Seminar, 9 December 2025
Dr Angela Cassidy
From shared to separated health - and back again? The multiple lives of modern mycobacteria
blogs.manchester.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Another seminar for your diaries: on 9 December we are welcoming Dr Angela Cassidy @angecass.bsky.social for a talk on the multiple lives of modern mycobacteria.
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
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Trundling my way on a train through v. soggy Somerset Levels to join old friends & new @manchstm.bsky.social. Will be talking this afternoon on mycobacterial movements across human, animal and ecosystem health ever since we've known these #microbes #histSTM
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
CHSTM Research Seminar, 9 December 2025
Dr Angela Cassidy
From shared to separated health - and back again? The multiple lives of modern mycobacteria
blogs.manchester.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Trundling my way on a train through v. soggy Somerset Levels to join old friends & new @manchstm.bsky.social. Will be talking this afternoon on mycobacterial movements across human, animal and ecosystem health ever since we've known these #microbes #histSTM
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
You may have seen this before in the other place but I love this picture of EP Thompson with his cat circa 1980 🐈⬛
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
You may have seen this before in the other place but I love this picture of EP Thompson with his cat circa 1980 🐈⬛
Another book on the way is this volume of classic rock journalism. Includes Murray’s eviscerating review of an early Clash gig. Read it and smirk 😏
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Another book on the way is this volume of classic rock journalism. Includes Murray’s eviscerating review of an early Clash gig. Read it and smirk 😏
Sorting books to sell. Got to this. Very reluctant to let it go even if I’ll never make use of it again! (Also it’s in good condition somehow 🧐)
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sorting books to sell. Got to this. Very reluctant to let it go even if I’ll never make use of it again! (Also it’s in good condition somehow 🧐)
The pre-publication version of my paper Imaging a Health Service Without Hospitals: French West Africa between the wars is available to read on my Manchester webpage.
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Imagining a health service without hospitals: French West Africa between the wars
research.manchester.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The pre-publication version of my paper Imaging a Health Service Without Hospitals: French West Africa between the wars is available to read on my Manchester webpage.
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
📚New book!!! So happy to share that ‘Why Historic Places Matter Emotionally’ has just been published by Cambridge University Press.
Outlines a conceptual framework for ‘emotion’ comprised of responses, attachments, and communities built from evidence from places across England and Scotland.
Outlines a conceptual framework for ‘emotion’ comprised of responses, attachments, and communities built from evidence from places across England and Scotland.
Why Historic Places Matter Emotionally
Cambridge Core - Archaeology: General Interest - Why Historic Places Matter Emotionally
www.cambridge.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I’m delighted to say that my 1st article on healthcare in West Africa has been published today in Historia Hospitalium. Thanks to Axel von Huntelmann & Fritz Dross for inviting me to take part in the SI. Afraid it isn’t OA but let me know if you’d like a copy
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
October 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I’m delighted to say that my 1st article on healthcare in West Africa has been published today in Historia Hospitalium. Thanks to Axel von Huntelmann & Fritz Dross for inviting me to take part in the SI. Afraid it isn’t OA but let me know if you’d like a copy
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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One could perhaps call this... two party politics?
Aggregate Result of the 139 Council By-Elections (for 142 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
RFM: 49 (+42)
LDM: 43 (+16)
CON: 15 (-16)
LAB: 13 (-33)
GRN: 11 (+2)
Ind: 6 (-4)
Local: 3 (-5)
SNP: 1 (-1)
PLC: 1 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
RFM: 49 (+42)
LDM: 43 (+16)
CON: 15 (-16)
LAB: 13 (-33)
GRN: 11 (+2)
Ind: 6 (-4)
Local: 3 (-5)
SNP: 1 (-1)
PLC: 1 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
One could perhaps call this... two party politics?
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I've made the move and joined Bluesky! Off to 'Our healthcare system, our voices:an evidence-based approach for healthcare' in Dublin today so it seemed like a good time to join Blueksy and network #MedHist #HistSTM #Introduction #NewToBluesky
October 23, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I've made the move and joined Bluesky! Off to 'Our healthcare system, our voices:an evidence-based approach for healthcare' in Dublin today so it seemed like a good time to join Blueksy and network #MedHist #HistSTM #Introduction #NewToBluesky