Matthew Smith
@healthhistory.bsky.social
Historian of health and medicine at the University of Strathclyde. I research mental health, food/nutrition, and immunology/allergy. Cycling, hiking, kayaking, nature, basic income, music, Gaidhlig, Scotland, Canada.
Massive thanks to Sally Sheard, Caroline Jones, and everyone else with the Liverpool Medical Institution for making me feel so welcome yesterday. I was delighted (and relieved) that my lecture was well received. Wonderful lunch with Bryce Evans before, too.
May 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Massive thanks to Sally Sheard, Caroline Jones, and everyone else with the Liverpool Medical Institution for making me feel so welcome yesterday. I was delighted (and relieved) that my lecture was well received. Wonderful lunch with Bryce Evans before, too.
Historians in kayaks not getting coffee at Ross Priory.
April 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Historians in kayaks not getting coffee at Ross Priory.
The @sshmedicine.bsky.social writing retreat @unistrathclyde.bsky.social's Ross Priory has been going well. Hard to stay inside, mind...
April 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The @sshmedicine.bsky.social writing retreat @unistrathclyde.bsky.social's Ross Priory has been going well. Hard to stay inside, mind...
Some history of medicine classics being given away for free @wellcomecollection.bsky.social Get them before they're gone (wish I brought a suitcase).
March 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Some history of medicine classics being given away for free @wellcomecollection.bsky.social Get them before they're gone (wish I brought a suitcase).
Celebrating the retirement of the peerless Caroline Marley, @cshhh.bsky.social administrator and minder of Prof Mills.
March 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Celebrating the retirement of the peerless Caroline Marley, @cshhh.bsky.social administrator and minder of Prof Mills.
This will be fun!
February 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This will be fun!
Beautiful Copenhagen
January 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Beautiful Copenhagen
This was one of the best talks I've attended in a long time. Jesper was very insightful, as ever, but he also used humor to wonderful effect. He could have another career as a stand up. The audience was in stitches, hanging on his every word!
January 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This was one of the best talks I've attended in a long time. Jesper was very insightful, as ever, but he also used humor to wonderful effect. He could have another career as a stand up. The audience was in stitches, hanging on his every word!
Simon Thoumire's 'Dol Fodha na Griène. Brilliant
January 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Simon Thoumire's 'Dol Fodha na Griène. Brilliant
Usually I'm here to celebrate graduations in my robe. Almost as good to be here for Blazin Fiddles at Celtic Connections!
January 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Usually I'm here to celebrate graduations in my robe. Almost as good to be here for Blazin Fiddles at Celtic Connections!
So many trees knocked down in the storm and yet this stays up. There's a message there somewhere...
January 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
So many trees knocked down in the storm and yet this stays up. There's a message there somewhere...
Wonderful to see the National Conservatoire of Scotland student showcase at Celtic Connections with my daughter.
January 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Wonderful to see the National Conservatoire of Scotland student showcase at Celtic Connections with my daughter.
Geese on the quarry pond and snowy Campsies
January 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Geese on the quarry pond and snowy Campsies
@sshmedicine.bsky.social freezing its X account for some very sensible reasons.
January 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@sshmedicine.bsky.social freezing its X account for some very sensible reasons.
Get yersel to Celtic Connections tout de suite. Such an energising, life-affirming event.
January 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Get yersel to Celtic Connections tout de suite. Such an energising, life-affirming event.
Look into my eyes...
January 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Look into my eyes...
Lovely new info boards at the Milngavie Reservoirs.
January 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Lovely new info boards at the Milngavie Reservoirs.
This beech tree must have had a pretty eventful life to look like that.
December 21, 2024 at 4:59 PM
This beech tree must have had a pretty eventful life to look like that.
Tiny fungi, only a couple of mm wide, on our goat willow tree.
December 21, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Tiny fungi, only a couple of mm wide, on our goat willow tree.
Some of the Strathclyde History crew on very good form. So fortunate to have great colleagues.
December 13, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Some of the Strathclyde History crew on very good form. So fortunate to have great colleagues.