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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0d04a-105b-7242-951c-4c343faef654", "title": "A medical historian’s thoughts on the menopause", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/09/20/a-medical-historians-thoughts-on-the-menopause/", "published_at": "2026-09-20T14:44:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d04a-105b-7242-951c-4c343fbf307d", "title": "Medical History IV:  Medicine in Antiquity: Mesopotamia and Egypt", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/09/20/medical-history-iv-medicine-in-antiquity-mesopotamia-and-egypt/", "published_at": "2026-09-20T11:16:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d04a-105b-7242-951c-4c344083417c", "title": "Proms 5: The best musical account of dying?", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/09/13/proms-5-the-best-musical-account-of-dying/", "published_at": "2026-09-13T11:01:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0953c-f392-7128-b360-a095f46d93b8", "title": "A woman’s life", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a-womans-life/", "published_at": "2026-09-11T17:19:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d4-919b-70ee-aa41-765b6f25fd76", "title": "Attempting to capture the Tao of Philip Glass", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/09/09/attempting-to-capture-the-tao-of-philip-glass/", "published_at": "2026-09-09T11:40:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d4-919d-70aa-a260-692d9fff9473", "title": "Things to doubt radically", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/09/07/things-to-doubt-radically/", "published_at": "2026-09-07T14:46:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d4-919d-70aa-a260-692da0d63367", "title": "Proms 4. The world’s greatest living pianist", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/09/06/proms-4-the-worlds-greatest-living-pianist/", "published_at": "2026-09-06T14:19:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d4-919d-70aa-a260-692da1956674", "title": "Early morning conversation about time with a 7-year-old granddaughter", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/early-morning-conversation-about-time-with-a-7-year-old-granddaughter/", "published_at": "2026-09-03T10:08:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d4-919f-7240-955c-32cec366bee4", "title": "Reflection on the difficulties around releasing prisoners early", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/09/01/reflection-on-the-difficulties-around-releasing-prisoners-early/", "published_at": "2026-09-01T12:59:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d4-919f-7240-955c-32cec414b2d4", "title": "A scene that brought me to tears", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/a-scene-that-brought-me-to-tears/", "published_at": "2026-08-31T13:24:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d4-919f-7240-955c-32cec43bac6e", "title": "Finally understanding that Walter Scott is a great writer", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/finally-understanding-that-walter-scott-is-a-great-writer/", "published_at": "2026-08-30T12:29:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d4-919f-7240-955c-32cec4cddf0d", "title": "A story of public health that needs to be remembered and constantly relearnt", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/a-story-of-public-health-that-needs-to-be-remembered-and-constantly-relearnt/", "published_at": "2026-08-26T14:46:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d4-919f-7240-955c-32cec4fac33b", "title": "Medical History III: The Roots of Medicine", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/medical-history-iii-the-roots-of-medicine/", "published_at": "2026-08-24T18:08:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d4-919f-7240-955c-32cec531b223", "title": "John Keats on a way to lead a “very pleasant life,” advice I’ve followed without knowing of its existence until now", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/23/john-keats-on-a-way-to-lead-a-very-pleasant-life-advice-ive-followed-without-knowing-of-its-existence-until-now/", "published_at": "2026-08-23T14:36:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf5-8def-7311-b926-fe0b36e7f5b9", "title": "Proms 3: Miles Davis at 100", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/proms-3-miles-davis-at-100/", "published_at": "2026-08-21T13:03:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf5-8def-7311-b926-fe0b36f9c250", "title": "Proms 2: The story of the Universe, and Stalin", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/proms-2-the-story-of-the-universe-and-stalin/", "published_at": "2026-08-19T15:57:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf5-8def-7311-b926-fe0b3749f519", "title": "Medical History II: Medicine is an enormous achievement, but what it will achieve practically for humanity, and what those who hold the power will allow it to do, remain open questions", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/medical-history-ii-medicine-is-an-enormous-achievement-but-what-it-will-achieve-practically-for-humanity-and-what-those-who-hold-the-power-will-allow-it-to-do-remain-open-questions/", "published_at": "2026-08-18T16:12:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf5-8def-7311-b926-fe0b380d8ea3", "title": "London to Edinburgh by Norman MacCaig", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/london-to-edinburgh-by-norman-maccaig/", "published_at": "2026-08-17T17:26:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf5-8def-7311-b926-fe0b3881755b", "title": "An artist speaks up for his work", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/an-artist-speaks-up-for-his-work/", "published_at": "2026-08-17T11:56:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf5-8def-7311-b926-fe0b38f67fb6", "title": "A marvellous novel that is both hilarious and devastating", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/a-marvellous-novel-that-is-both-hilarious-and-devastating/", "published_at": "2026-08-16T16:18:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf5-8def-7311-b926-fe0b39ec9e27", "title": "My brief career as a homosexualist", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/my-brief-career-as-a-homosexualist/", "published_at": "2026-08-15T14:16:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf5-8def-7311-b926-fe0b3a4b018d", "title": "How has Frida Kahlo become a global icon?", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/how-has-frida-kahlo-become-a-global-icon/", "published_at": "2026-08-10T13:40:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be04-4565-72fb-901c-8c6a0ccecbe6", "title": "My Italian Journey. 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I: The prominence of medicine has lain only in small measure in its ability to make the sick well.", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/quotes-from-the-greatest-benefit-to-mankind-a-medical-history-of-humanity-from-antiquity-to-the-present-by-roy-porter-i-the-prominence-of-medicine-has-lain-only-in-small-measure-in-its-ability-to/", "published_at": "2026-07-30T18:34:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be04-4565-72fb-901c-8c6a0e750a6c", "title": "Independent Commission on Whole Person Care takes on new significance now that Andy Burnham is prime minister. What did it say?", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/independent-commission-on-whole-person-care-takes-on-new-significance-now-that-andy-burnham-is-prime-minister-what-did-it-say/", "published_at": "2026-07-29T10:31:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be04-4565-72fb-901c-8c6a0ea89c19", "title": "My Italian Journey. Saturday 23 May. Day twelve. Verona to Milan", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/27/my-italian-journey-saturday-23-may-day-twelve-verona-to-milan/", "published_at": "2026-07-27T10:32:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be04-4565-72fb-901c-8c6a0f04dc93", "title": "Kurt Vonnegut: A brilliant short story of 50 words that is engaging, funny, metaphysical, post-modrn, and a blistering comment on our modern way of life (This title, including these words is 33 words.)", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/kurt-vonnegut-a-brilliant-short-story-of-50-words-that-is-engaging-funny-metaphysical-post-modrn-and-a-blistering-comment-on-our-modern-way-of-life-this-title-including-these-words-is-33-words/", "published_at": "2026-07-26T10:04:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be04-4565-72fb-901c-8c6a1003266c", "title": "My Italian Journey. Friday 22 May. Day eleven. Venice to Verona", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/25/my-italian-journey-friday-22-may-day-eleven-venice-to-verona/", "published_at": "2026-07-25T15:36:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be04-4565-72fb-901c-8c6a101497fb", "title": "How reading one book can influence how you read the next: from Kurt Vonnegut to the madness of George III", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/23/how-reading-one-book-can-influence-how-you-read-the-next-from-kurt-vonnegut-to-the-madness-of-george-iii/", "published_at": "2026-07-23T11:56:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c1bf-7078-bde6-34915e66ccaa", "title": "Healthcare not only fails to respond to suffering but often makes it worse", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/healthcare-not-only-fails-to-respond-to-suffering-but-often-makes-it-worse/", "published_at": "2026-07-20T16:39:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c1bf-7078-bde6-34915ee84e65", "title": "A novel that is a “treatise on love”", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/a-novel-that-is-a-treatise-on-love/", "published_at": "2026-07-17T13:09:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c1bf-7078-bde6-34915f53e764", "title": "My Italian Journey: Thursday 21 May 21: Day Ten: Venice", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/15/my-italian-journey-thursday-21-may-21-day-ten-venice/", "published_at": "2026-07-15T11:15:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c1bf-7078-bde6-34915f7b265b", "title": "An enjoyable play that centres on the great theatre that came from the contrast between Henry Irving and Ellen Terry", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/an-enjoyable-play-that-centres-on-the-great-theatre-that-came-from-the-contrast-between-henry-irving-and-ellen-terry/", "published_at": "2026-07-14T16:41:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c1bf-7078-bde6-34916020f5a1", "title": "How should the old live? Should we stop life-extending treatment to those over 75?", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/how-should-the-old-live-should-we-stop-life-extending-treatment-to-those-over-75/", "published_at": "2026-07-13T14:59:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c1bf-7078-bde6-3491603812db", "title": "My Italian Journey. Wednesday 20 May: Day nine: Venice", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/12/my-italian-journey-wednesday-20-may-day-nine-venice/", "published_at": "2026-07-12T10:43:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c1bf-7078-bde6-349161220396", "title": "Two favourite descriptions of death and dying", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/10/two-favourite-descriptions-of-death-and-dying/", "published_at": "2026-07-10T16:15:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c1bf-7078-bde6-349161a413b1", "title": "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/the-garden-of-the-finzi-continis-by-giorgio-bassani/", "published_at": "2026-07-08T13:50:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c1bf-7078-bde6-349162129f8b", "title": "My Italian Journey: 19 May: Day eight: Venice", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/07/my-italian-journey-19-may-day-eight-venice/", "published_at": "2026-07-07T17:15:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c1bf-7078-bde6-3491626bc2b8", "title": "Is the BMA doing well?", "url": "https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/is-the-bma-doing-well/", "published_at": "2026-07-06T17:39:48+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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A medical historian’s thoughts on the menopauseoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2026
Medical History IV:  Medicine in Antiquity: Mesopotamia and Egyptoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2026
Proms 5: The best musical account of dying?original ↗
13 Sept 2026
A woman’s lifeoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2026
Attempting to capture the Tao of Philip Glassoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2026
Things to doubt radicallyoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2026
Proms 4. The world’s greatest living pianistoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2026
Early morning conversation about time with a 7-year-old granddaughteroriginal ↗
3 Sept 2026
Reflection on the difficulties around releasing prisoners earlyoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2026
A scene that brought me to tearsoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2026
Finally understanding that Walter Scott is a great writeroriginal ↗
30 Aug 2026
A story of public health that needs to be remembered and constantly relearntoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2026
Medical History III: The Roots of Medicineoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2026
John Keats on a way to lead a “very pleasant life,” advice I’ve followed without knowing of its existence until noworiginal ↗
23 Aug 2026
Proms 3: Miles Davis at 100original ↗
21 Aug 2026
Proms 2: The story of the Universe, and Stalinoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2026
Medical History II: Medicine is an enormous achievement, but what it will achieve practically for humanity, and what those who hold the power will allow it to do, remain open questionsoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2026
London to Edinburgh by Norman MacCaigoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2026
An artist speaks up for his workoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2026
A marvellous novel that is both hilarious and devastatingoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2026
My brief career as a homosexualistoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2026
How has Frida Kahlo become a global icon?original ↗
10 Aug 2026
My Italian Journey. Monday 25 May. Day fourteen. Paris to Londonoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2026
Proms One: Immersed on Mahleroriginal ↗
5 Aug 2026
Quotes from The Greatest Benefit to Mankind – A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present by Roy Porter. II: Medicine is an enormous achievement, but what it will achieve practically for humanity, and what those who hold the power will allow it to do, remain open questionsoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2026
My Italian Journey. Sunday 24 May. Day thirteen. Milan to Parisoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2026
Quotes from The Greatest Benefit to Mankind – A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present by Roy Porter. I: The prominence of medicine has lain only in small measure in its ability to make the sick well.original ↗
30 Jul 2026
Independent Commission on Whole Person Care takes on new significance now that Andy Burnham is prime minister. What did it say?original ↗
29 Jul 2026
My Italian Journey. Saturday 23 May. Day twelve. Verona to Milanoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2026
Kurt Vonnegut: A brilliant short story of 50 words that is engaging, funny, metaphysical, post-modrn, and a blistering comment on our modern way of life (This title, including these words is 33 words.)original ↗
26 Jul 2026
My Italian Journey. Friday 22 May. Day eleven. Venice to Veronaoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2026
How reading one book can influence how you read the next: from Kurt Vonnegut to the madness of George IIIoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2026
Healthcare not only fails to respond to suffering but often makes it worseoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2026
A novel that is a “treatise on love”original ↗
17 Jul 2026
My Italian Journey: Thursday 21 May 21: Day Ten: Veniceoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2026
An enjoyable play that centres on the great theatre that came from the contrast between Henry Irving and Ellen Terryoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2026
How should the old live? Should we stop life-extending treatment to those over 75?original ↗
13 Jul 2026
My Italian Journey. Wednesday 20 May: Day nine: Veniceoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2026
Two favourite descriptions of death and dyingoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2026
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassanioriginal ↗
8 Jul 2026
My Italian Journey: 19 May: Day eight: Veniceoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2026
Is the BMA doing well?original ↗
6 Jul 2026