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 three posts per year
- First post on
Posts per year
| Year starting | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
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 …
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: …
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what …