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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

NYT Bestselling Author. Medical Historian. Breast Cancer Survivor. Next book: SLEUTH-HOUND, a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the man who loaned a voice & razor-sharp logic to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes.

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Thank you for your kind words! Although I’m sorry about all the face lifts and filler that the algorithm will now push your way! 😂

The irony is that Gillies tried to restore these men’s identities and in the process birthed an industry that has made us all hyper aware of how we look.

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A couple of weeks ago I visited @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social and picked up The Facemaker by @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social about how Harold Gillies revolutionised the art and science of facial reconstructive surgery in response to the horrific facial injuries sustained by soldiers in WWI 💙📚 1/

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A rhubarb and yoghurt cake with copies of The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris.

A rhubarb and yoghurt cake with copies of The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris.

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social This month’s cake and next month’s book!

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Omg what!!! This is crazy! Can I send signed book plates!

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Such a great suggestion! I’ll bring this up today - thank you!

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Oh I hope I get invited! I would love to meet new types of readers

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A glutton for punishment 😂

I can’t read my old books as all I see is how I’d do it differently given a second chance

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Would help if I spelled her name correctly 😂

My kingdom for an edit button!

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I feel attacked 👀

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A photo of Lindsey with red/blond hair wearing a black dress with a white collar and a gold necklace

A photo of Lindsey with red/blond hair wearing a black dress with a white collar and a gold necklace

A wider view of the dress that also shows the white cuffs on it

A wider view of the dress that also shows the white cuffs on it

I have a marketing meeting with Penguin this afternoon to discuss my next book, SLEUTH-HOUND, so I felt like I was justified in wearing one of the dresses that I bought for the upcoming tour. Wednesday Adams: eat your heart out.

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'Gordon's Wine Bar - Villiers Street WC2' by John Duffin
www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/artists/399-...

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This week's theme was St Paul's Cathedral.

Hope you enjoyed it!

Take a look over the timeline for full details of these and the rest of the featured pieces.

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The Next Terrorist Attack And What Comes After (Updated)

Modern tyranny is terror management.
I wrote this essay in April 2025 and updated it in November. I'm posting it again now because my fear of this scenario has continued to grow.
"The Next Terrorist Attack: And What Comes After"
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...

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When Trump came to power, he ripped up the peace deal that Obama had made, and used the uncertainty he created as an excuse to bomb Iran, insisting he had ended the problem he had created once and for all, except now he's bombing them again to solve the problem he created and previously solved?

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Joanna Bourke, "Five Evil Women: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker" (Reaktion, 2026) - New Books Network

My new book is out today! Aways a nervous thing..... FIVE EVIL WOMEN: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker. First interview: newbooksnetwork.com/five-evil-wo... Really enjoyed talking to the amazing Miranda Melcher about evil & femininity. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

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Caricature of a smiling Sam Elliott, in pencil.

Caricature of a smiling Sam Elliott, in pencil.

Sam Elliott.

#caricature #art

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A perfect read for Women's History Month!

A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN, and our follow-up AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC, examines *how* we talk about women, alive or dead. The construction of narrative. Co-authored w/ Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social, check us out this month & beyond!

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It’s not an Israel-Iran conflict. The states/players involved include the US, the Saudis, Russia, Qatar, Hamas/Hezbollah, and now UAE and Bahrain.

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A display of the grave goods, featuring a he chainmail shirt, a helmet on a stand, a long sword, small gold ornaments, and various metal, glass, and ceramic objects, all arranged against a dark background.

A display of the grave goods, featuring a he chainmail shirt, a helmet on a stand, a long sword, small gold ornaments, and various metal, glass, and ceramic objects, all arranged against a dark background.

The early medieval burial from Gammertingen, 6th century AD.
The high-ranking warrior died in his early 30s and was buried with a Byzantine helmet (a so-called Spangenhelm), his weapons, and his mail armour, which consisted of about 45,000 iron rings!

📷Landesmuseum Württemberg

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Painting featuring a green field full of purple crocus flowers and yellow daffodils

Painting featuring a green field full of purple crocus flowers and yellow daffodils

'Crocus & Daffodils' by UK contemporary painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt
#spring #March

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Hungry for Affirmation, Vulnerable to Scams: As a Writer, I Know the Feeling

“[People were] reaching out to commiserate on my underappreciated literary genius & to offer their services. Either I had finally been recognized as the Proust of my generation, or this frenzied attention was part of some insistent scam. Guess which one.” 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/b...

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‘Viruses don’t know borders’: US anti-vaccine rhetoric could impact global measles crisis Experts say global measles vaccination rates are falling as Trump officials signal a deprioritization of the virus

Viruses don’t know borders: #US anti-vaccine rhetoric could impact global #measles crisis

Experts say global measles #vaccination rates are falling as #Trump officials signal a deprioritization of the virus

#Health #Politics #Vaccine #Care

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Caricature study of a smiling Harrison Ford, in pencil.

Caricature study of a smiling Harrison Ford, in pencil.

Harrison Ford study.

#caricature #art

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You can also read about her at www.infinite-women.com/women/alice-...

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A caricature painting of Lindsey's grandma by Adrian Teal.

A caricature painting of Lindsey's grandma by Adrian Teal.

The photo that it was based on - taken in the 1940s. Lindsey's grandma has reddish brown hair and looks very glamorous.

The photo that it was based on - taken in the 1940s. Lindsey's grandma has reddish brown hair and looks very glamorous.

Two years ago, my grandma died. It's a loss that I still feel to this day. Shortly after her death, @tealcartoons.bsky.social surprised me with this caricature painting of her. So glam, forever young. He said that he could see a little bit of all her grandkids in her face. She'd have loved it.

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What "it's a distraction" people fundamentally need to understand about fascism is that fascism's entire mode of operation is diverting popular anger/anxiety/despair into channels of violence against the Other (both internal and external).

It's not flailing, it's the whole strategy.

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My new book, 'Five Evil Women: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker', is officially 'out' tomorrow. A difficult book to write: how should feminists respond to women who commit horrendous crimes? I am posting blogs of some women who did not 'make it' into the final book. See joannabourke.com/blog

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Wait what’s her name?!

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That’s wonderful to hear!

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Depressing and very true

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