Richard Coker
@richardcoker.bsky.social
Professor emeritus of public health, LSHTM.
Currently writing a book about fear, dying and death. Timor Mortis. And it’s killing me.
Currently writing a book about fear, dying and death. Timor Mortis. And it’s killing me.
Times Letter today. As #Jenrick intimidates judges and attempts to politicise appointments, journalists and the government need to face the threat.
October 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Times Letter today. As #Jenrick intimidates judges and attempts to politicise appointments, journalists and the government need to face the threat.
“Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.” – Walter Cronkite.
October 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.” – Walter Cronkite.
There’s not a stadium in Europe like this in Europe. Why? Because of that technology called trains.
September 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
There’s not a stadium in Europe like this in Europe. Why? Because of that technology called trains.
I imagine their ancestors came by small boats in around the 6th century.
August 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I imagine their ancestors came by small boats in around the 6th century.
This Jeff Sachs, in charge of the Millennium Villages Project, adviser on economic transformation of Russia after USSR collapse? 🤔
July 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This Jeff Sachs, in charge of the Millennium Villages Project, adviser on economic transformation of Russia after USSR collapse? 🤔
Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome today
June 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome today
Ah, is that the sweet smell of bear I sense?
May 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ah, is that the sweet smell of bear I sense?
‘Biological’ carries a lot of weight here. Can’t help wondering who the biologists where that the SC drew upon. Or if they read much.
April 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
‘Biological’ carries a lot of weight here. Can’t help wondering who the biologists where that the SC drew upon. Or if they read much.
Good ideas often take a while to gain traction.
April 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Good ideas often take a while to gain traction.
‘Warriors.’ They’re like teenage boys.
March 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
‘Warriors.’ They’re like teenage boys.
‘This is like trying to pause an airplane in midflight and then subsequently firing the crew’
March 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
‘This is like trying to pause an airplane in midflight and then subsequently firing the crew’
US priorities in a snapshot.
March 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
US priorities in a snapshot.
Safety coffin. Their aim was to prevent people from left to die after being buried alive. Hence ‘saved by the bell’. Though there’s no record, to my knowledge, of anyone being saved in this way.
March 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Safety coffin. Their aim was to prevent people from left to die after being buried alive. Hence ‘saved by the bell’. Though there’s no record, to my knowledge, of anyone being saved in this way.
The world today: a metaphor
February 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The world today: a metaphor
Whenever I hear of some simple solution to any health system problems I’m drawn to this schematic and wonder which elements in this complex environment are being ignored. Most with this proposal, I fear.
January 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Whenever I hear of some simple solution to any health system problems I’m drawn to this schematic and wonder which elements in this complex environment are being ignored. Most with this proposal, I fear.
Hay Tor. A place of great beauty and a lifetime of memories.
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Hay Tor. A place of great beauty and a lifetime of memories.
