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Doctor who?

Jai Virdi and I nominated Dr Phyllis Kerridge, the subject of our forthcoming book, for this piece on ‘the doctors who time forgot’ in the British Medical Journal. Read about her work and the work of other misremembered or forgotten doctors here https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4582.short?rss=1

The Pandemic and Teaching Practice: thoughts on subtitles and accessibility

Check out my blog for History UK on why subtitles are a crucial part of the way that we can retain and embed accessibility into our learning in the long term. Pandemic Pedagogy 2.0: Coreen McGuire – The Pandemic and Teaching Practice: thoughts on subtitles and accessibility https://www.history-uk.ac.uk/2021/02/04/pandemic-pedagogy-2-0-coreen-mcguire-the-pandemic-and-teaching-practice-thoughts-on-subtitles-and-accessibility/

Making Women Count in Disability History

‘Women in history have been made meaningful through the efforts of a generation of historians who have (and continue to) work in innovate ways to reveal previously concealed histories. I continue in this tradition by highlighting the ways in which women matter to disability history…’ To read more check out my blog post for theContinue reading “Making Women Count in Disability History”

New podcast episode!

Listen to my conversation with Caroline Lieffers and Kelsey Henry about what telephony and hearing loss in interwar Britain can tell us about the categorization of disability here

Hidden in Heritage

You can still watch myself and Professor Jaipreet Virdi talk about the history of hearing aids for the inaugural Hidden in Heritage Festival. The video is available on Professor Virdi’s website- here.

Book now available

This has been such a long time coming. I started thinking and researching some of the content of this book over six years ago and it feels so thrilling to see it and hold it for the first time! It is available to buy from publishers MUP here and with free delivery from Amazon. IfContinue reading “Book now available”