(Audio) book 25 of 2026 #TheOutrage by @whusseyauthor.bsky.social. This is a listen after having read it a while back and was worth it picked up on several new themes the second time around. #BookSky #QueerBookSky

Just been to see #OnTheSea directed by Helen Walsh it’s wonderful. If you loved #GodsOwnCountry you’ll probably love it too. #QueerFilm #WelshFilm

“I haven’t had an orgasm in years let alone one triggered by Tesco’s ownbrand Hummus.” From #FruitFly by #JoshSilver - I don’t know exactly why but I’ve been chuckling at this line for a some time #BookSky #QueerBookSky

Book 24 of 2026 #LuckyDay by @chucktingle.bsky.social, I am sure there will be an interesting discussion st book club. This is not normally the type of book I personally would pick so it was good for a change. #BookSky #QueerBookSky

Honestly have writers of #LawAndOrderSVU S27 E9 Purity read @harryshukman.bsky.social book, The Year of The Rat #Eugenics

I’m captivated by the story of Gilbert Bradley and Gordon Bowsher, who fell in love just before World War II. Their love is beautifully documented through their letters. #QueerHistory #BritishHistory www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved...

LGBTQ+ | WW2 Love Letters | Royal British Legion

Gilbert Bradley and Gordon Bowsher fell in love before the start of WW2; but when Gilbert joined the army their relationship survived through letters.

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“She never married, and when she bought her house in Nottingham, the bank wanted a male guarantor for the mortgage. She thought that nonsense and worn.” Dr Jean Lesley Baker’s obituary in @bmj.com 2026;393:e100022

Any other psychiatrists watched A Private Life / Vie privée by Rebecca Zlotowski. Psychoanalytic private practice in Paris looks pretty different to NHS practice. The Psychiatirst as a poor parent, with some unexplored trauma about their pwn mum seems like a bit of a trope.

(Audio) book 23 of 2026 is “A Rebel and a Traitor” by @rorycarroll72.bsky.social. Which tells the story of #RuairíDáithíMacEasmainn /#RogerCasement. Reads like fiction but is in fact well researched and written non-fiction. #BookSky #QueerBookSky #IrishHistory

#RogerCasement was sentenced to death #OnThisDay in 1916. The trial and execution, which took place in the wake of the Easter Rising of 1916, continues to resonate. 🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

Roger Casement: An Irish Volunteer

The trial and execution of Irish nationalist Roger Casement, which took place in the wake of the Easter Rising of 1916, continues to resonate.

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Whilst Dublin several weeks ago #RogerCasement was mentioned several times & it was suggested that he may have been gay. Today I’m listening to book about him & in his diaries he described sex with lots of men & recorded penis sizes. Not so ambiguous #IrishHistory #QueerHistory #QueerIrishHistory

“Illness is neither an indulgence which people have to pay for, nor an offense for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune the cost of which should be shared by the community.” #NyeBevan #HappyBirthdayNHS #NHS #SocialisedMedicine

A 🧵 on #AIDS in the 80s/90s: I was 15 when I first had sex with a man. I’d snuck off to London’s Heaven nightclub with the express intent of ridding myself of my ‘gay virginity’, a goal I achieved easily with a visiting American photographer. 1/13

“The word roommate is historically loaded in queer circles, but I can’t fathom my mother being aware of this fact.” #LuckyDay by @chucktingle.bsky.social #BookSky

This is exactly why we have Pride. Because a few years ago this would have just been a hateful fringe figure - but this is where our politics is heading with a Government that kertows. We will resist. And bring hope (*and* electing progressive politicians.) We will win. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@jamesepeate.bsky.social Do you know of anyone writing/researching Romani & or Travellers and medical humanities / medical history ?

A REMINDER! WILL WORK FOR MONEY! joanneedge.co.uk/freelance-wo... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern

Freelance Work

Transcription, scholarly editing, archival visits Joanne is available for freelance work: transcriptions and editions of late medieval and early modern Latin, English and Anglo-Norman manuscript te…

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“Made me want to try to be braver, and to let myself try to be happy” #HeatedRivalry @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social #BookTok

#SomethingRotten showing at the Manchester Opera House was so fun! Would recommend if you can get yourself down before its run end here!

Keep coming back to Making Mosaics by Dr Anna Beug in @bjgp.org. Was shared at the HEANI #HealthHumanities Summer School last week and I have reread it since. bjgplife.com/making-mosai...

Queer Irish History at Kilmainham Gaol. From Wildes ‘the love that dare not speak its name’, to potentially trans prisoners and coupled female revolutionaries heritageireland.ie/2026/06/unsp...

Unspeakable History | Heritage Ireland

At his trial for criminal indecency in 1895, the Irish writer Oscar Wilde was asked to define what was meant by the phrase ‘the love

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Book 20 of 2026 #Atmosphere by @taylorjenkinsreid.bsky.social. I enjoyed this so much more than expected as I’m not really that interested in Space or NASA. Can’t wait to discuss it at book club #BookSky #QueerBookSky

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion it has taken place" George Bernard Shaw

I have been at the excellent @ucddublin.bsky.social / @ucdmedicine.bsky.social HEANI Humanities in Medicine: Interdisciplinary Summer School 2026 which has been excellent from nutrition and eating disorders, to breast feeding, lived experience, creative writing excellent 3 days #MedicalHumanities

(Audio) book 19 of 2026 #Indignity by @leaypi.bsky.social.

At the last moment, ahead of next week’s action, the Government has moved and made a new offer for resident doctors in England. Strikes for 15–19 June have been called off while members vote on a new offer covering jobs, pay and progression.

The way that French is woven into the story in Indignity by @leaypi.bsky.social really makes me think of Poirot. Feeling ready to book my ticket to Thessaloniki.

(Audio) book 18 of 2026 Chavs - The demonisation of the Working Class by @owenjones.bsky.social. Cannot believe I’d not read it before now. If it doesn’t make you feel angry I don’t know what will.

It’s so on brand that Olivia Benson totally hates ICE in the recent (UK broadcast). Felt a bit like old Law & Order SVU when they would hide victims from Immigration who gave always been painted unsympathetically in the show

I love Jacqline I really hope Sweden makes sure she wins Melodifest soon so that the whole of Europe gets to know her