Amidst the excellent #histmed panels at #SSHM2026, I was excited to organise a #maritimehistory panel on naval healthcare and welfare featuring new research from myself, @eliskabujokova.bsky.social and @catsbeck.bsky.social, chaired by Erica Charters. Another great @sshmedicine.bsky.social event!

My most recent article on madness in the 18thC British Navy is just now out with Social History of Medicine! (A piece that has been a LONG TIME in the making) "Becoming Mad at Sea: Shaped by the Pressures of Sea-service in the Long Eighteenth-century British Navy" academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...

My first book is on sale right now until 5 May! boydellandbrewer.com/book/patrona...

What a great experience! Had the pleasure to serve as chair/discussant on a fantastic panel on 'Methodological Challenges in Disability History: Conceptualizing Pre- and Early Modern Disability' at the ESSHC in Leiden yesterday.

It's been a great couple of days at #ESSHC Leiden!

And now for our companion session "Methodological Challenges in Disability History II: Tracing Early Modern Disability". We begin with Riikka Miettinen "Experiences of disability in Early modern Swedish sources- Opportunities and gaps" #ESSHC

Ready for our early morning session at #ESSHC 2025 "Methodological Challenges in Disability History I: Conceptualising pre- and early modern disability"

“This is austerity dressed up as reform, where the government cuts the money disabled people need to live on in order to balance the books, while claiming it’s all being done to help them.” My col. on Labour’s sweeping disability cuts and mark of shame. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thanks to @drannaloismckay.bsky.social & @ecwliv.bsky.social for inviting me and giving me a chance to test out this work-in-progress methodology on you all!

I finally made the leap to bluesky! In all honesty, I haven't been using twitter much since 2022, time to get back into engaging with things. Get ready for some boaty catch posts