Matthew B
@matthewbroome.bsky.social
Director, Institute for Mental Health, and Chair in Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, University of Birmingham. Interested in psychosis, youth mental health, neuroscience, philosophy, phenomenology. NHS Psychiatrist in Early Intervention in Psychosis
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seeing how many people show up in jeffery epstein's emails makes me happy i never reply to anyone's email
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
seeing how many people show up in jeffery epstein's emails makes me happy i never reply to anyone's email
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It’s so good.
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It’s so good.
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Well that was fun! My thanks to Charles University and Sekyra Foundation for hosting. And apologies to anyone who came to hear a lecture on Marx.
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Well that was fun! My thanks to Charles University and Sekyra Foundation for hosting. And apologies to anyone who came to hear a lecture on Marx.
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Who wins from No 10 vs Wes Streeting?
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Who wins from No 10 vs Wes Streeting?
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
www.newstatesman.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Who wins from No 10 vs Wes Streeting?
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
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Operation Save Big Dog By Giving His Main Rival A Chance To Show He’s Better At Politics is going well www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wes Streeting denies plotting to oust Keir Starmer as prime minister
Health secretary dismisses claims as ‘unhelpful’ and ‘self-defeating’ after reports that PM’s job could be under threat
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Operation Save Big Dog By Giving His Main Rival A Chance To Show He’s Better At Politics is going well www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My planned listen on drive home open.spotify.com/episode/5gWO... @pippacrerar.bsky.social @johnharris1969.bsky.social
Why is the Labour party in such a mess?
open.spotify.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
My planned listen on drive home open.spotify.com/episode/5gWO... @pippacrerar.bsky.social @johnharris1969.bsky.social
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Nature absolutely paints like the harlot, whose allurements cover nothing but the charnel-house within
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nature absolutely paints like the harlot, whose allurements cover nothing but the charnel-house within
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✨ Every year on or around yesterday’s Saint Martin’s Day, Germans celebrate the Roman soldier turned saint who shared his cloak with a beggar freezing in the cold.
A common tradition is a lantern walk for which children make paper lanterns, walk through town and sing songs.
A common tradition is a lantern walk for which children make paper lanterns, walk through town and sing songs.
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
✨ Every year on or around yesterday’s Saint Martin’s Day, Germans celebrate the Roman soldier turned saint who shared his cloak with a beggar freezing in the cold.
A common tradition is a lantern walk for which children make paper lanterns, walk through town and sing songs.
A common tradition is a lantern walk for which children make paper lanterns, walk through town and sing songs.
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In our first #ThriveinPsychiatry podcast, College Presidential lead for Retention and Wellbeing Dr Dave, discusses leadership, support for psychiatrists with carer responsibilities, & providing support for neurodivergent doctors, with Dr Matheiken, Dr Maitra and Dr Tracy.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/thrive
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/thrive
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In our first #ThriveinPsychiatry podcast, College Presidential lead for Retention and Wellbeing Dr Dave, discusses leadership, support for psychiatrists with carer responsibilities, & providing support for neurodivergent doctors, with Dr Matheiken, Dr Maitra and Dr Tracy.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/thrive
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/thrive
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tales of terror told in words of mirth
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
tales of terror told in words of mirth
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Part two of our history of the Labour Party, in which a progressive political party tears itself apart over and over again in a series if events which in no way resemble the present day.
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Welcome back to Origin Story season eight: The Story of Socialism. This week, @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social continue the tale of the UK Labour Party. Listen to The Labour Party – Part Two – War and Peace now 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#LabourParty #politics
#LabourParty #politics
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Part two of our history of the Labour Party, in which a progressive political party tears itself apart over and over again in a series if events which in no way resemble the present day.
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12 November. Roland Barthes was born on this day in 1915. Here he is with his mother in Cherbourg (the city of his birth) in January 1916.
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
12 November. Roland Barthes was born on this day in 1915. Here he is with his mother in Cherbourg (the city of his birth) in January 1916.
Teaching this morning - Sartre, Laing, Fanon and feminist and Japanese phenomenology of psychiatry
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Teaching this morning - Sartre, Laing, Fanon and feminist and Japanese phenomenology of psychiatry
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An astonishing number of people in the Labour party have forgotten that the modal Labour member is a socially concerned current or retired middle class public sector worker in their mid-50s who dislikes being referred to as 'cis' but also thinks you should respect people's pronouns.
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
An astonishing number of people in the Labour party have forgotten that the modal Labour member is a socially concerned current or retired middle class public sector worker in their mid-50s who dislikes being referred to as 'cis' but also thinks you should respect people's pronouns.
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The #rcpsychawards celebrates the brightest teams and individuals in psychiatry and #mentalhealth care.
If you missed yesterday's ceremony, you can catch up with the winners, and watch the Lifetime Achievement Award tribute to Sir Robin Murray.
🖥➡️ https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/about-us/rcpsych-awards
If you missed yesterday's ceremony, you can catch up with the winners, and watch the Lifetime Achievement Award tribute to Sir Robin Murray.
🖥➡️ https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/about-us/rcpsych-awards
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The #rcpsychawards celebrates the brightest teams and individuals in psychiatry and #mentalhealth care.
If you missed yesterday's ceremony, you can catch up with the winners, and watch the Lifetime Achievement Award tribute to Sir Robin Murray.
🖥➡️ https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/about-us/rcpsych-awards
If you missed yesterday's ceremony, you can catch up with the winners, and watch the Lifetime Achievement Award tribute to Sir Robin Murray.
🖥➡️ https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/about-us/rcpsych-awards
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We're launching a new campaign called Thrive in Psychiatry to help our membership continue to provide great care for patients.
The aim is to retain psychiatrists in the profession and help our members thrive, overcome barriers and take on exciting new challenges.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/thri...
The aim is to retain psychiatrists in the profession and help our members thrive, overcome barriers and take on exciting new challenges.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/thri...
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We're launching a new campaign called Thrive in Psychiatry to help our membership continue to provide great care for patients.
The aim is to retain psychiatrists in the profession and help our members thrive, overcome barriers and take on exciting new challenges.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/thri...
The aim is to retain psychiatrists in the profession and help our members thrive, overcome barriers and take on exciting new challenges.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/thri...
This week, starting Volume 6, book 7 Finding Time Again #Proust2025 last one, will be lost when this finishes
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This week, starting Volume 6, book 7 Finding Time Again #Proust2025 last one, will be lost when this finishes
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Read my post for the APA blog, Rules of Engagement: blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/10/r... Arguing that epistemologists can join impactful interdisciplinary projects that contribute to improving social interactions #philsky #philpsy #philosophyforeveryone #epistemicinjustice #philosophymatters
Rules of Engagement | Blog of the APA
We would be wrong in writing off epistemology as an ivory tower pursuit with no implications for our daily practices. Epistemology can help understand and address issues such as the polarization of po...
blog.apaonline.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Read my post for the APA blog, Rules of Engagement: blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/10/r... Arguing that epistemologists can join impactful interdisciplinary projects that contribute to improving social interactions #philsky #philpsy #philosophyforeveryone #epistemicinjustice #philosophymatters
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Featuring work with @fionamalpass.bsky.social @rachelred94.bsky.social @hearingvoicesmic.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social @matthewbroome.bsky.social @ipanalysis.bsky.social @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social @jelliedsours.bsky.social and many more!
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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better is it to perish in that howling infinite, than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
better is it to perish in that howling infinite, than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee
Thank you @rcpsych.bsky.social for the award of the President’s Medal - a true privilege and honour, and a lovely day seeing friends,
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Thank you @rcpsych.bsky.social for the award of the President’s Medal - a true privilege and honour, and a lovely day seeing friends,
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20 years ago today, Dresden's Frauenkirche was reconsecrated after years of reconstruction.
Last Sunday, Coventry's Bishop Sophie Jelley gave a sermon marking 🇬🇧🇩🇪 reconciliation 80 years after the Frauenkirche was destroyed.
Dresden and Coventry have been twinned since 1959.
Last Sunday, Coventry's Bishop Sophie Jelley gave a sermon marking 🇬🇧🇩🇪 reconciliation 80 years after the Frauenkirche was destroyed.
Dresden and Coventry have been twinned since 1959.
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
20 years ago today, Dresden's Frauenkirche was reconsecrated after years of reconstruction.
Last Sunday, Coventry's Bishop Sophie Jelley gave a sermon marking 🇬🇧🇩🇪 reconciliation 80 years after the Frauenkirche was destroyed.
Dresden and Coventry have been twinned since 1959.
Last Sunday, Coventry's Bishop Sophie Jelley gave a sermon marking 🇬🇧🇩🇪 reconciliation 80 years after the Frauenkirche was destroyed.
Dresden and Coventry have been twinned since 1959.
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Just learned that Edward Said was born 90 years ago today - one day after David Harvey. Here's a piece on Said I wrote earlier this year about his early career - progressivegeographies.com/2025/05/25/t...
The Early Edward Said, Michel Foucault and Jonathan Swift
Given all his other achievements, Edward Said’s role in bringing Foucault’s work to an anglophone audience is perhaps understated today. His 1971 essay “Abecedarium culturae”, in Northwestern’s lit…
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November 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Just learned that Edward Said was born 90 years ago today - one day after David Harvey. Here's a piece on Said I wrote earlier this year about his early career - progressivegeographies.com/2025/05/25/t...
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1 November 1945:
Issue 2 of Les Temps Modernes is published
Beauvoir’s essay ‘Idéalisme moral et réalisme politique’ addresses a theme of her novel La Sang des Autres and her play Les Bouches Inutiles
– the place of morality in political action and the foundational value of each person’s freedom
Issue 2 of Les Temps Modernes is published
Beauvoir’s essay ‘Idéalisme moral et réalisme politique’ addresses a theme of her novel La Sang des Autres and her play Les Bouches Inutiles
– the place of morality in political action and the foundational value of each person’s freedom
November 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
1 November 1945:
Issue 2 of Les Temps Modernes is published
Beauvoir’s essay ‘Idéalisme moral et réalisme politique’ addresses a theme of her novel La Sang des Autres and her play Les Bouches Inutiles
– the place of morality in political action and the foundational value of each person’s freedom
Issue 2 of Les Temps Modernes is published
Beauvoir’s essay ‘Idéalisme moral et réalisme politique’ addresses a theme of her novel La Sang des Autres and her play Les Bouches Inutiles
– the place of morality in political action and the foundational value of each person’s freedom
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This is utter genius
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is utter genius