Sarah Chaney
@kentishscribbler.bsky.social
Historian of medicine and stuff. Writer. Curator. Socialist. Obsessive. Author of “Psyche on the Skin: A history of self-harm” (2016) and “Am I Normal? The 200-year search for normal people and why they don’t exist” (2022)
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In memory of Kentish Scribbler (18?? - 1902): A short #SkyStorians #HistPsych 🧵
This is terrible! Solidarity with Rosa Gomez ✊
My friend Rosa Gomez - a hard working and popular councillor here in #Redbridge, London - has been barred as a councillor after the local authority stopped her carer from assisting her at council meetings. It’s blatant #disability #discrimination.
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March 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
This is terrible! Solidarity with Rosa Gomez ✊
The good people of Chingford 👍
Everyone here at CWG Community Independents hopes you’ve enjoyed getting to know the names and faces of the candidates we’re endorsing and supporting for the upcoming local elections on Thursday 7th May 🗳️
As a summary…
As a summary…
February 20, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The good people of Chingford 👍
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We spent the weekend in South Chingford and Woodford Green listening to residents' priorities for our area.
With less than 90 days until the local elections, join us and help us shape our community’s future!
Sign up for all CWG Community Independents updates via the link in our bio.
With less than 90 days until the local elections, join us and help us shape our community’s future!
Sign up for all CWG Community Independents updates via the link in our bio.
February 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
We spent the weekend in South Chingford and Woodford Green listening to residents' priorities for our area.
With less than 90 days until the local elections, join us and help us shape our community’s future!
Sign up for all CWG Community Independents updates via the link in our bio.
With less than 90 days until the local elections, join us and help us shape our community’s future!
Sign up for all CWG Community Independents updates via the link in our bio.
Breaking my unintentional vow of silence on here to share this news. Getting back into the swing of campaigning!
🚨 If you live in the Valley or Larkswood wards of Waltham Forest, or the Churchfields ward in Redbridge, you’ll be able to vote for candidates from CWG Community Independents in the upcoming election for borough councillors: www.cwgcommunity.org.uk/news 📰
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New Independent Community Group to Stand Candidates in May's Local Elections
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February 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Breaking my unintentional vow of silence on here to share this news. Getting back into the swing of campaigning!
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📢New article from me, Niyah Campbell, @kentishscribbler.bsky.social & @sarahvmarks.bsky.social📢
'The persistence of history: Racism, anti-Blackness, and the causes of mental ill health, c.1800–2020' is OA with History of the Human Sciences doi.org/10.1177/0952...
#HistPsych #HistSTM #BlackHistory
'The persistence of history: Racism, anti-Blackness, and the causes of mental ill health, c.1800–2020' is OA with History of the Human Sciences doi.org/10.1177/0952...
#HistPsych #HistSTM #BlackHistory
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June 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
📢New article from me, Niyah Campbell, @kentishscribbler.bsky.social & @sarahvmarks.bsky.social📢
'The persistence of history: Racism, anti-Blackness, and the causes of mental ill health, c.1800–2020' is OA with History of the Human Sciences doi.org/10.1177/0952...
#HistPsych #HistSTM #BlackHistory
'The persistence of history: Racism, anti-Blackness, and the causes of mental ill health, c.1800–2020' is OA with History of the Human Sciences doi.org/10.1177/0952...
#HistPsych #HistSTM #BlackHistory
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Quick plug for an event I'm speaking at tomorrow on forensic nursing. I'm specifically talking about past work on the introduction of FNEs into sexual offence interventions, but I'm sure I'll also comment on police custody. @kentishscribbler.bsky.social www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Care in Custody: From police matrons to forensics | Royal College of Nursing
An online talk on the history of women in the police service and the role of nursing in forensics.
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June 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Quick plug for an event I'm speaking at tomorrow on forensic nursing. I'm specifically talking about past work on the introduction of FNEs into sexual offence interventions, but I'm sure I'll also comment on police custody. @kentishscribbler.bsky.social www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Join us at #RCN25 Congress for the Sign Painting Studio with artist Peter Liversidge. Create your own placard, some of which will feature in 'The Art of Nursing' exhibition in late June. Materials are provided, and you can take your placard home.
Exhibition Hall, Monday – Wednesday, 10 am – 4 pm.
Exhibition Hall, Monday – Wednesday, 10 am – 4 pm.
May 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Join us at #RCN25 Congress for the Sign Painting Studio with artist Peter Liversidge. Create your own placard, some of which will feature in 'The Art of Nursing' exhibition in late June. Materials are provided, and you can take your placard home.
Exhibition Hall, Monday – Wednesday, 10 am – 4 pm.
Exhibition Hall, Monday – Wednesday, 10 am – 4 pm.
On the way home from RCN Congress after a busy day signpainting with Peter Liversidge and @rcnlibraries.bsky.social. So many fantastic placards for our #ArtofNursing exhibition! The sign studio opens again tomorrow and Wed 🪧
May 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On the way home from RCN Congress after a busy day signpainting with Peter Liversidge and @rcnlibraries.bsky.social. So many fantastic placards for our #ArtofNursing exhibition! The sign studio opens again tomorrow and Wed 🪧
Unequal: the history of health and society - Exhibition launched! The exhibition is free and open to all at the Royal College of GPs, 30 Euston Square (next to Euston Station). You can also see a (slightly different) version of the exhibition online here: www.rcgp.org.uk/about/museum...
Exhibition: Unequal – Health and Society
Not everyone receives the care they need, even under a universal healthcare system. This exhibition explores the history of health inequalities in the UK.
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May 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Unequal: the history of health and society - Exhibition launched! The exhibition is free and open to all at the Royal College of GPs, 30 Euston Square (next to Euston Station). You can also see a (slightly different) version of the exhibition online here: www.rcgp.org.uk/about/museum...
How did I not know Betsi Cadwaladr was buried in Abney Park until today? #HistNursing
April 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
How did I not know Betsi Cadwaladr was buried in Abney Park until today? #HistNursing
Well, that was tempting fate. Since I posted this they have eaten all the runner beans! 😼
I have grown stuff! (mostly tomatoes) This is a rare achievement and I am now counting the days until they die or the cats eat them 🌱
April 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Well, that was tempting fate. Since I posted this they have eaten all the runner beans! 😼
I have grown stuff! (mostly tomatoes) This is a rare achievement and I am now counting the days until they die or the cats eat them 🌱
April 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I have grown stuff! (mostly tomatoes) This is a rare achievement and I am now counting the days until they die or the cats eat them 🌱
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The mystery of supermarket substitutions. I order mushrooms. They send me… cheese and garlic bread??
April 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The mystery of supermarket substitutions. I order mushrooms. They send me… cheese and garlic bread??
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Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
On #TransDayOfVisibility — and every day — we celebrate trans people and reaffirm the fight for a world where they can live freely, without discrimination or hate.
On #TransDayOfVisibility — and every day — we celebrate trans people and reaffirm the fight for a world where they can live freely, without discrimination or hate.
March 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
On #TransDayOfVisibility — and every day — we celebrate trans people and reaffirm the fight for a world where they can live freely, without discrimination or hate.
On #TransDayOfVisibility — and every day — we celebrate trans people and reaffirm the fight for a world where they can live freely, without discrimination or hate.
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In 2002, buying in Waltham Forest cost 6x the average salary - by 2018, it jumped to 14x. House prices have now hit £525K, while the council pledged 35% of new homes would be affordable. So why are so many still out of reach?
March 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In 2002, buying in Waltham Forest cost 6x the average salary - by 2018, it jumped to 14x. House prices have now hit £525K, while the council pledged 35% of new homes would be affordable. So why are so many still out of reach?
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The UK Government committed to tackling child poverty, and right now it is rising. At the moment, this will be the first Labour Government likely to oversee a significant rise in the number of children in poverty.
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March 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The UK Government committed to tackling child poverty, and right now it is rising. At the moment, this will be the first Labour Government likely to oversee a significant rise in the number of children in poverty.
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This is Labour’s poll tax. Its tuition fees. It is - as Iraq was for Blair - the moral stain that will mark Starmer’s government and the party for years to come. Severely disabled people are going to be starved, isolated and degraded. No Labour MP who backs this will be forgiven.
March 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is Labour’s poll tax. Its tuition fees. It is - as Iraq was for Blair - the moral stain that will mark Starmer’s government and the party for years to come. Severely disabled people are going to be starved, isolated and degraded. No Labour MP who backs this will be forgiven.
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March 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Being a downright #TypicalHistorian at a music festival
March 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Being a downright #TypicalHistorian at a music festival
YouGov poll asking if I believe in vampires and wondering if that’s linked to the #SpringStatement
March 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
YouGov poll asking if I believe in vampires and wondering if that’s linked to the #SpringStatement
From M’Gonigle and Kirby,‘Poverty and Public Health’, 1936. This features in the exhibition I’m curating on health inequalities. Hospital admissions for malnutrition were on the rise even before today’s welfare cuts.
March 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
From M’Gonigle and Kirby,‘Poverty and Public Health’, 1936. This features in the exhibition I’m curating on health inequalities. Hospital admissions for malnutrition were on the rise even before today’s welfare cuts.
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Excellent exhibition, ‘Making the Rounds’ at @rcnlibraries.bsky.social in London.This exhibit explores the experience and stories of workhouse nurses in Norfolk. As artefacts tend to not survive from workhouse infirmaries, artist Connie Flynn used textiles to share these stories #workhouse #histmed
March 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Excellent exhibition, ‘Making the Rounds’ at @rcnlibraries.bsky.social in London.This exhibit explores the experience and stories of workhouse nurses in Norfolk. As artefacts tend to not survive from workhouse infirmaries, artist Connie Flynn used textiles to share these stories #workhouse #histmed
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