#ICYMI Shredded, my bestselling book on the pivotal role of Royal Bank of Scotland / NatWest in the global financial crash of 2008, was named as a Book of the Year by the Financial Times, Bloomberg, The Week, and Huffington Post. More info: www.ianfraser.org/shredded-ins...

Fascinating story about 'safer maternity conditions from the 1920s in Worcestershire.

Best of all, you can listen to the man himself #geriatrics #histmed

The USA were never duds at #WorldCup soccer - far from it @soccerwisehq.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social historycompany.co.uk/2011/09/21/u...

Smashing piece from Thomas Weibel on the invention of the whirlygig or Stewi and how it was marketed: blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2026/05/s...

Gerbils, Jimmy Williamson, and the genesis of geriatric medicine drrachelclarke.com @mancunianmedic.bsky.social @mgtmccartney.bsky.social @katewomersley.com historycompany.co.uk/2026/05/26/t...

A wee bit of nostalgia for you, Trish! @trishaelliott.bsky.social

The genesis of geriatrics in Edinburgh - 50 years ago #histmed

Remarkable photo of Gerda Taro recently discovered in the Moscow archives. She's with a Republican official at the battle of Brunete in July 1937, shortly before her tragic death, the first female photojournalist killed while covering the frontline in a war. Colourised by Rafarel Navarrete

Nancy's story @thesismum.bsky.social @jackiantonovich.bsky.social @nottsnursing.bsky.social @holmes74sarah.bsky.social @lindaler.bsky.social @kyhistsoc.bsky.social historycompany.co.uk/2026/05/18/a...

Nancy's story @dohertyta.bsky.social @rcsi-facnurmid.bsky.social @rcsi-facnurmid.bsky.social @rcnhistory.bsky.social historycompany.co.uk/2026/05/18/a...

An exceptional Irish nurse Hannah "Nancy" O'Driscoll was remarkable in many ways but like most nurses from the last century she remains largely unknown. Courtesy Frontier Nursing Service She was a nurse midwife with the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky which had been modelled on the Highlands…

#Alphabetchallenge #weekQforQueens This is the grave of EDITH ELLEN BARFORD, of the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. Edith died on 22nd July 1919, at the age of 23 #Womenshistory #WW1 My research is here livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/49...

Important funding opportunity - history of nursing and midwifery.

Thanks for marking this anniversary annd sharing one of our research articles.

Yours for only offers over £995,000, the house where Nigel Gresley was born 🚂🦆⚡⏱️ (his expectant mother happened to be in Edinburgh to visit a gynaecologist when young Nigel came into the world early. The address was a middle-class lodging house at that time) espc.com/property/32-...

In case you hadn't seen this already, Sean @seancmbell.bsky.social x.com/Irish1867/st...

And! bsky.app/profile/dexa...

Great piece on Jamini Sen @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'A great read' - five-star customer review of 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales', bestseller in British and Irish history at Waterstones, Amazon and bookshops.

Hi @nigella.bsky.social l’d sue if I were you!

Heart surgeon Stephen Westaby on Desert Island Discs today recalls his time in Alabama in the early 1980s @ajwrightmls.bsky.social @jackiantonovich.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Ah, them were days! @ianfraser.bsky.social @bsrg1.bsky.social @gleanniucha.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @trishaelliott.bsky.social

Hector’s House featuring Hector’s Scottish cousin….

Putting a spot light on the contributions of Irish nurses to the National Health Service:

1849 July 12: William Osler, Canadian physician & one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital was born tinyurl.com/3ufjfnsm This photo shows him around 1912. He died 29 Dec 1919 #histmed #medicalhistory

#HistNursing Advent day 18- how many of us have practiced CPR on versions of the resus Annie- the original mannequin and mould if face is in the Medical Museum in Oslo - photo mine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resusci... Resusci Anne - Wikipedia

The VERY useful list of #HistNursing #nurses with #Wikipedia articles has been updated 📖💙 Stories of amazing professionals await! @rcnhistory.bsky.social #Wikipedia group use the list to inform their #NursesInRed project 🥳 #WomensHistory #WomenInRed en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Today's #HistNursing #Badge is Central #Midwives Board for #England & #Wales 1902 Midwives were state registered professionals ~20 years before nurses. Their badge shows Juno - Roman goddess of childbirth @rcnhistory.bsky.social See more of #RCNArchives badges 👀 rcn.access.preservica.com/archive

As it's #InternationalMensDay this #HistNursing article on men who were amongst the early registered #nurses is well worth a 5 minute read Time for #TeaUp 🫖📖 www.rcn.org.uk/magazines/Hi...

Farm labourers, Ireland, c.1857, attributed to Augusta Crofton, pioneering photographer from Roscommon.

Sports subs the Scottish Sun in brilliant form

Scottish GENES Webinar, Remembrance Day, 7pm (UK) Tues 11 Nov 2025: "Trapped in Brussels in the First World War: A Civilian Story", with Chris Paton. £10 via us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... The story of how my grandfather's Scottish family remained in Belgium in WW1, and the tragic consequences.

Our latest report charts the decline in the number of district nurses, down 43% since 2009 📉 It also places the decline in the context of government ambitions to shift more care out of hospital and into the community, where district nurses play a key role. Read the report: buff.ly/gezemDJ (2/2)

Are you a journalist working in or from Wales? Brilliant opportunity for a new #RISJ fellowship in Oxford #cymru #journalism inclusivejournalism.cymru/blog/announc...

If you're in #Edinburgh for #EdFringe you may want to squeeze in a visit to @rcn.org.uk Scotland for their #HistNursing exhibition on #ClimateChange #Sustainability You Mean the World, Nursing in a climate crisis www.rcn.org.uk/scotland/Sup...

#skystorians 🗃️#archives

Ahead of Diageo’s full-year results tomorrow, I charted the tumultuous reign of the Soho-based group’s former CEO Debra Crew, who was ousted on 16 July, and ask where now for the the world’s third-largest alcoholic beverages group? www.whiskyinvestdirect.com/whisky-news/...

Exactly one hundred years ago - EJ MacRae was appointed Edinburgh's City Architect - Here is a short piece on the work of MacRae and his team. blog.historicenvironment.scot/2025/07/eben...

190 mss, over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes, 42000 new images, 7700+ texts, new cataloguing, imaging and conservation treatments - oh my! We're so pleased to have been part of Curious Cures Congrats to @theul.bsky.social and everyone who worked on it 🎉👏👏 www.lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/curi...

Putting aside the facts that the "mega battleship" is clearly an aircraft carrier and that it is sailing *up* and not "down" the Forth, let us take this opportune moment to remind ourselves of the time an actual battlecruiser went up the Forth and almost took the bridge out. True story! 🧵🌉🛳️▶️

Simply put, if we cannot find TB, we cannot treat TB. And if we cannot treat TB, we cannot end TB www.nature.com/articles/s41...

'I hope you are keeping up your Shorthand. How did you enjoy the holiday at Gorleston on Sea.’ Official Sir Isaac Pitman postcard, sent 1904. #PitmanShorthand

Dr Clare McNaught has been elected as the new President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr McNaught will become the College's first ever female President in the College's 520-year history, and will succeed Professor Rowan Parks. Read more: https://bit.ly/44kf55F

And such a lovely man. Here he is in great form with @jimalkhalili www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

If you think this looks like a mess: it isn‘t. It‘s a treasure trove of information. There is no history writing without archives, and there are no archives without people who appreciate and protect them. History, much like democracy, begins locally. Cherish it.

From 'Breathe through your nose' to 'Care for your feet', a cast of largely unimpressed London infants spreading the municipal health message in 1938 More excellent health advice available through our digitised sources on British healthcare, 1900-1948, at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...