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.
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Thought provoking from Martha Lane Fox on whether public life has got so brutal that no one you’d want to get involved will do it anymore
martha6j5h2.substack.com/p/this-is-pu...
martha6j5h2.substack.com/p/this-is-pu...
This is public life in 2025, who would volunteer?
Why the BBC crisis is not just a reflection of some bad editorial decisions and why it matters
martha6j5h2.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Thought provoking from Martha Lane Fox on whether public life has got so brutal that no one you’d want to get involved will do it anymore
martha6j5h2.substack.com/p/this-is-pu...
martha6j5h2.substack.com/p/this-is-pu...
It’s always shouty Sopel, isn’t it?
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
It’s always shouty Sopel, isn’t it?
'His signal achievements, and the way he accomplished them, inflated his belief not only in his genius but also in how to succeed: by listening to his intuition, by opposing the establishment consensus, and by barely glancing at the edifice of facts on which a scientific field is built.'
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
'His signal achievements, and the way he accomplished them, inflated his belief not only in his genius but also in how to succeed: by listening to his intuition, by opposing the establishment consensus, and by barely glancing at the edifice of facts on which a scientific field is built.'
‘Heir’ seems to be the operative word here.
October 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
‘Heir’ seems to be the operative word here.
‘Unitary executive theory’ - also known as autocracy.
October 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
‘Unitary executive theory’ - also known as autocracy.
But what if you really are an impostor?
October 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
But what if you really are an impostor?