Skip to content

Dr Alun Withey

I am an academic historian of medicine and the body, and 2014 AHRC/BBC 'New Generation Thinker'.

  • By Alun Withey
  • Based in United Kingdom
  • Roughly five posts per year
  • First post on

Posts per year

Data for this chart is available in the table below
Posts per year
Year starting Posts
2021 8
2022 2
2023 2
2024 5

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as …
On , by Dr Alun Withey, 119 words
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
As a child in the early 1980s, Saturday morning television was a straight choice between two main contenders, each with its own dedicated and fiercely protective following. The first was ITV’s TISWAS, feared by parents …
On , by Dr Alun Withey, 1,015 words
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of …
On , by Dr Alun Withey, 927 words