
Elsa Richardson
@elsacrichardson
Author of Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut (Wellcome/Profile: 2024)
US/CA edition @Pegasus_Books Fall 24
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https://strathclyde.academia.edu/ElsaRichardson 09-10-2013 08:10:30
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Extract of Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut out in Time magazine today Pegasus Books Northbank Talent Management. See the comments for a few actually quite good constipation jokes!

Finally an official 'historian' having been elected to the Royal History Society. Planning on adding to FRHistS to the end of my name from now on. Royal Society of Edinburgh University of Strathclyde

Animal Rights Are Women’s Rights: Why British Suffragettes Went Vegetarian by Elsa Richardson lithub.com/animal-rights-… via Literary Hub

Rumbles in The Paris Review. Briefly noted, but still Pegasus Books Northbank Talent Management theparisreview.org/blog/2024/10/0…

Thank you to the Literary Hub for letting me write about all of my favourite hunger striking, meat avoiding, trouble making suffragettes who celebrated the passing of the Representation of the People Act with vegetable soup, lentil cutlets and rhubarb tart.


“A compelling compendium of ideas. Its discussion of gut disease as an emblem of modernity leaves readers with much to digest. The perfect book for our golden age of indigestion,” writes the The Washington Post in its review of RUMBLES by Elsa Richardson. 🍔washingtonpost.com/books/2024/10/…

On the off chance anyone is Yale University tomorrow I’ll be chatting with Jean Walton about guts guts guts


Thrilled to have 'Rumbles' named one of the Next Big Idea Club October 'must read titles'. Recorded a quick introduction to the book at my kitchen table and it turned out surprisingly okay! nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/stoma…

‼️EVENT‼️ CSHHH Glasgow seminar 5 Nov., 4pm in RM TL565 w/ Dr Dieter Declercq (University of Glasgow): Medical humanities as helping work: a case study of play workshops for wellbeing and creative thinking

tomorrow, w/ Dieter Declercq!

The gut and the brain have not always been on friendly terms. Here are a few key insights from "Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut: The Secret Story of the Body's Most Fascinating Organ," by Elsa Richardson. nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/stoma…


“Delicious,” writes WSJ Books Section in its review of RUMBLES: A Curious History of the Gut by Elsa Richardson. ✍️ wsj.com/arts-culture/b…


Come join the history team University of Strathclyde! Chancellor's Fellowship in the history of race, ethnicity and migration, deadline January 5th strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/32…

We're incredibly pleased to see #Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut by Elsa Richardson chosen as a The Guardian best ideas book of 2024 ✨ theguardian.com/books/2024/dec…

Can historians and economists ever find common ground? Yes! So long as the topic is the cultural history of the gut and economist was raised by a famous gastroenterologist! People I (Mostly) Admire

Submerge in the fascinating history of the human gut. Distinguished historian, academic and acclaimed author of Rumbles, Elsa Richardson invites us to a thought-provoking exploration of the cultural and historical significance of digestion in Western society.
