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The Medieval Key Workers

Between 1346 and 1351 the Black Death swept across Europe. First from the east along trade routes to Italy before spreading to northern…

Aug 1, 2022

The Medieval Key Workers

Aug 1, 2022

How do City and Liverpool 2021/22 compare to Manchester United 1998/99?

You may have seen several articles over the past few weeks from the likes of Jamie Carragher calling Manchester City vs Liverpool “the…

Apr 19, 2022

How do City and Liverpool 2021/22 compare to Manchester United 1998/99?

Apr 19, 2022

This season was an opportunity for Marcus Rashford which has slipped away

Wayne Rooney was blunt.

Apr 6, 2022

This season was an opportunity for Marcus Rashford which has slipped away

Apr 6, 2022

Shark Tales: the oldest shark attack, the shark attack survivor who became a lord mayor, and the…

Shark attack. The very phrase brings a particular fear. At a silent, malevolent force dragging us to our death. Once calm, azure water…

Mar 29, 2022

Shark Tales: the oldest shark attack, the shark attack survivor who became a lord mayor, and the…

Mar 29, 2022

How that one thing we all ‘know’ about Egyptian Mummies might be wrong

Ancient Egypt: land of pyramids, animal-headed gods, pharaohs’ curses, and mummies. It’s fair to say that, perhaps out of any civilisation…

Sep 12, 2021

How that *one* thing we all ‘know’ about Egyptian Mummies might be wrong

Sep 12, 2021

The Pressing Issue: why Manchester City could have been looking at the wrong Spurs striker (and how…

HARRY KANE PRESSES LESS THAN SERGIO AGUERO

Aug 27, 2021

The Pressing Issue: why Manchester City could have been looking at the wrong Spurs striker (and how…

Aug 27, 2021

What the statistics tell us: five lessons for England from Euro 2020

Success has many parents, failure is an orphan. The England men’s football team which has brought so much joy to a nation the past few…

Aug 16, 2021

What the statistics tell us: five lessons for England from Euro 2020

Aug 16, 2021

Johnson’s Gamble: hoping the COVID-19 chain stays broken

There is no gambling like politics.

Jul 18, 2021

Johnson’s Gamble: hoping the COVID-19 chain stays broken

Jul 18, 2021

This (Could Be) England 2021: the alternate Euro squad

Football, like life, is full of those ‘sliding doors’ moments. What if Ali Bin Nasser had spotted Diego Maradona’s handball against England…

Jun 13, 2021

This (Could Be) England 2021: the alternate Euro squad

Jun 13, 2021

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: The liberal case for lockdown

“Give me liberty or give me death”

Mar 3, 2021

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: The liberal case for lockdown

Mar 3, 2021

One leg is better than two: why we don’t need two-legged fixtures in the Champions League & Europa…

The times they are a-changing. The last fortnight has seen the return of knock-out European football. Last autumn it was announced that…

Mar 2, 2021

One leg is better than two: why we don’t need two-legged fixtures in the Champions League & Europa…

Mar 2, 2021

It’s Official: Liverpool are currently worse than David Moyes’s Manchester United

In the pantheon of appalling Premier League titles Chelsea 2015/16 and Leicester City 2016/17 stand front and centre as the worst examples…

Feb 26, 2021

It’s Official: Liverpool are currently worse than David Moyes’s Manchester United

Feb 26, 2021

Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: The Media’s Misuse of Numbers during the Pandemic

This week the respected German broadsheet Handelsblatt published an article claiming that the German government had leaked that the Oxford…

Feb 9, 2021

Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: The Media’s Misuse of Numbers during the Pandemic

Feb 9, 2021

The very simple reason why masks are safe to wear (and everything you’ve read which says they…

Masks are safe to wear. Thanks to analytics I’m aware that only about a third of readers of my posts actually read them in their entirety…

Feb 8, 2021

The very simple reason why masks are safe to wear (and everything you’ve read which says they…

Feb 8, 2021

Answering Your Questions about the COVID-19 Vaccines

The United Kingdom has approved the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine and the very first people in the world have received their first jabs against…

Dec 24, 2020

Answering Your Questions about the COVID-19 Vaccines

Dec 24, 2020

Why trying to ‘live with COVID’ meant another lockdown

So, here we are the end of England’s Lockdown 2. Lockdown, the word of the year, was supposed to be a one-off as we ‘learned to live’ with…

Dec 1, 2020

Why trying to ‘live with COVID’ meant another lockdown

Dec 1, 2020

Reasons to be cheerful if you’re not a Liverpool fan: How the champions overachieved and may not…

30 years of hurt are over. Blackburn Rovers and Leicester City have been knocked off their effing perches. Liverpool have their first…

Sep 11, 2020

Reasons to be cheerful if you’re not a Liverpool fan: How the champions overachieved and may not…

Sep 11, 2020

Mad, Bad and Dangerous: Answering COVID-19 conspiracy theories

“A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes”

Sep 1, 2020

Mad, Bad and Dangerous: Answering COVID-19 conspiracy theories

Sep 1, 2020

Ice and a slice (of history): the story of the G&T

Last weekend saw World Gin Day; a chance to celebrate a drink which has exploded in popularity in the UK over the past few years. ‘Gin’…

Jun 24, 2020

Ice and a slice (of history): the story of the G&T

Jun 24, 2020

History rhymes: two Prime Ministers, two pandemics

The United Kingdom is in the throes of a pandemic. A new virus without cure or vaccine kills with frightening speed. The Prime Minister is…

Apr 13, 2020

History rhymes: two Prime Ministers, two pandemics

Apr 13, 2020

James Thomas

James Thomas

http://JamesThomas.me Doctor and Educator. Podcast https://www.takeaurally.com Blog on Medical Education and History of Medicine https://mcdreeamiemusings.com

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