Watcast: Roger Watson's Podcasts: Recent Episodes
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Mainly about writing for publication in nursing and health covering writing methods, publishing standards, publication ethics and recent developments in the academic publishing industry. Recently I added readings of selected general articles on politics, the pandemic and free speech issues.
Jim Haslam (2024) COVID-19: Mystery Solved - It leaked from a Wuhan lab, but it is not Chinese junk Truth Seeking Press, USA
Watson R (2025) Who scares wins The New Conservative 28 May
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Watson R (2025) Diversity in Islamabad The New Conservative 31 May
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Watson R (2025) Double trouble – the ‘fluvid’ vaccine TCW Defending Freedom 27 May
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Watson R (2025) A Hidden Gem: Vienna’s Schänzel Chapel Country Squire Magazine 24 May
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Watson R (2025) Our Judiciary Have Been Captured The New Conservative 22 May
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Watson R (2025) To get a medical article published, simply mention long covid TCW Defending Freedom 20 May
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Watson R (2025) Starmer Fights Them on the Beaches The New Conservative 19 May
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Watson R (2025) Arrest Me Now The New Conservative 16 May
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Watson R (2025) A complete unknown Country Squire Magazine 10 May
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Watson R (2025) The zone of interest Country Squire Magazine 17 May
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Watson R (2025) Long covid: how to create a medical condition without really trying TCW Defending Freedom 16 May
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Watson R (2025) Why are popes so soft on migration? The Daily Sceptic 12 May
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Watson R (2025) The transformative impact of generative AI on academic writing The Writer’s Camp Journal 1:1, 4
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Watson R (2025) Covid vaccine arms race TCW Defending Freedom 10 MayIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Reform Derangement Syndrome The New Conservative 7 MayIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) To prevent one monkeypox death, vaccinate 556million people TCW Defending Freedom 2 May
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Watson R (2025) Warning: More Weather Warnings on the Way The New Conservative 1 May
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Watson R (2025) Pope Francis’s Liberalism is Not Why Young People Are Returning to Church The Daily Sceptic 30 April
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Watson R (2025) Goodbye sunshine The New Conservative 26 AprilIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Watching Tennis with the Queen Country Squire Magazine 26 AprilIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) King Charles, Destroyer of The Faith Unity News Network 22 AprilIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Transwomen Finally Cockblocked The New Conservative 19 April
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Watson R (2025) Every Religion but Our Own The New Conservative 17 April
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Watson R (2025) Films To Fume About: Mary and Conclave The European Conservative 13 April
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Watson R (2025) Small Things Like These Country Squire Magazine 12 AprilIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Two-Tier Injustice The New Conservative 12 AprilIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Snobbery and Big Bangs The New Conservative 8 AprilIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) The best pub lunch ever Country Squire Magazine 5 AprilIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Oh no, another not-so-deadly disease! TCW Defending Freedom 7 April
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Watson R (2025) Is the covid gravy train hitting the buffers? TCW Defending Freedom 28 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Soft soldiers The New Conservative 28 March
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Watson R (2025) Covid-19 Trauma: When Will It End? The New Conservative 20 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) From Sex to Sensitivity: The Collapse of Common Sense in the NHS The New Conservative 25 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Retour en Alexandre Country Squire Magazine 21 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Canary Black Country Squire Magazine 15 March
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Watson R (2025) No cure in sight for long covid derangement syndrome TCW Defending Freedom 15 March
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Watson R (2025) What Kind of Country Needs a Free Speech Union? The New Conservative 13 March
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Watson R (2025) Doctor, spare us the covid bleating TWC Defending Freedom 13 March
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Watson R (2025) Regime change – does it ever work? Unity News Network 10 March
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Watson R (2025) Hate not hope The New Conservative 10 March
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Watson R (2025) The Gorge Country Squire Magazine 8 March
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Watson R (2025) Research Reporting Guidelines: Evolution, Impact on Scientific Publishing and Future Developments Enago Academy 10 March
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Watson R (2025) Lent? Never Heard of It, Mate – Now Pass the Samosas The New Conservative 7 March
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Watson R (2025) Freedom is bad for you, covid study concludes TCW Defending Freedom 3 March
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Watson R (2025) Tough-Talking Keir The New Conservative 2 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Scientific critique must follow scientific principles TCW Defending Freedom 1 March
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Watson R (2025) Farage in Hull The New Conservative 1 March
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Watson R (2025) Plastic paradise? Country Squire Magazine 1 March
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Watson R (2025) The privileged child of Rothschild Unity New Network 25 February
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Watson R (2025) Violins out for the ‘traumatised’ covid journalists TCW Defending Freedom 25 February
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Watson R (2025) Meltdown in the Scholarly Kitchen The Daily Sceptic 24 February
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Watson R, Hatchard G (2025) Pro-vaccine group admits the jab could cause long covid TCW Defending Freedom 24 February
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Watson R (2025) Godless Country Squire Magazine 22 February
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Watson R (2025) The jab saved thousands of lives? Balderdash TCW Defending Freedom 21 February
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Watson R (2025) Nurses – bless their little cotton socks! TCW Defending Freedom 16 February
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Watson R (2025) Number 24 Country Squire Magazine 15 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Academia Fights Back in the War on DEI The Daily Sceptic 14 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Monkeypox mania continues to take its toll on common sense TCW Defending Freedom 14 February
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Watson R (2025) On the up The New Conservative 10 February
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Watson R (2025) American Primeval Country Squire Magazine 8 February
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Watson R (2025) Trumpuppet Unity News Network 6 February
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Watson R (2025) The Madness of Modern Life The New Conservative 5 February
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Watson R (2025) Columba’s Travels Country Squire Magazine 1 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Brilliant Budapest The New Conservative 1 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) In defence of Peter Hitchens Unity News Network 29 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Have Covid Travel Requirements Gone Away? The Daily Sceptic 24 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) An Accumulating List of Wrong Conclusions The New Conservative 24 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Microaggressions in a Micronation The New Conservative 20 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) It Started with a Kebab Shop The New Conservative 13 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Cancer is soaring, and still they deny the vaccine connection TCW Defending Freedom 13 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Tech Grandpa Country Squire Magazine 11 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Health police have drinkers in their sights TCW Defending Freedom 10 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) How Does Keir Starmer Sleep at Night? The New Conservative 9 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) The Problem Is Not Racism; It Is a Lack of Racialism The New Conservative 6 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) The Monk and the Gun Country Squire Magazine 4 January
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Watson R (2024) Who will really run the USA? Unity News Network 30 DecemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Net Zero Nuts (Part II) The New Conservative 23 DecemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) Welcome to the year of the ‘Quad-demic’ TCW DefendingFreedom 4 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Terrorists and Taverns The New Conservative 24 DecemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2025) The old slaughterhouse Country Squire Magazine 2 January
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Watson R (2024) Syria: a disaster in the making Unity News Network 9 December
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Watson R (2024) They’ll stop at nothing to get you jabbed The New Conservative 14 December
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Watson R (2025) Territory Country Squire Magazine 7 December
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Watson R (2024) The Year in Review The New Conservative 31 December
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Watson R (2024) Master Chef Meltdown The New Conservative 5 December
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Watson R (2024) The relentless pursuit of RFK Jr. The New Conservative 29 November
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Watson R (2024) No Welcome in the Hillside The New Conservative 28 November
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Watson R (2024) Christmas Cheer The New Conservative 24 November
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Watson R (2024) The Hefty Heroes of Healthcare The New Conservative 19 November
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Watson R (2024) A Fraud’s Last Session Country Squire Magazine 16 November
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McCrae N, Watson R (2024) Health warrior RFK Jr faces coalition of formidable enemies TCW Defending Freedom 16 November
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Watson R (2024) Graduate Nurses Are Not the Problem The Daily Sceptic 14 November
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Watson R (2024) Trump Derangement Syndrome The New Conservative 9 November
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Watson R (2024) RAMC Country Squire Magazine 9 November
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Watson R (2024) Hair trigger warning The New Conservative 15 October
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Watson R (2024) Flu vaccine – can I be bothered? TCW Defending Freedom 12 October
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Watson R (2024) Wails from Wales The New Conservative 7 October
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Watson R (2024) How deep is your trough? The New Conservative 5 October
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Watson R (2024) And still they insist on jabbing mothers-to-be TCW Defending Freedom 3 October
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Watson R (2024) A message from the countryside The European Conservative 12 October
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Watson R (2024) Monkeybirdflupox-19 The New Conservative 27 September
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Watson R (2024) If at first you don’t succeed, jab, jab and jab again TCW Defending Freedom 26 September
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Watson R (2023) What Has Hull Done to Deserve This? The New Conservative 25 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) A Very Wooden Cabinet The New Conservative 23 September
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McCrae N, Watson R (2024) Lives are getting shorter, and medicine is to blame TCW Defending Freedom 18 September
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Watson R (2024) The SPARS pandemic Unity New Network 24 September
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Watson R (2024) Heatwave anyone? The New Conservative 17 September
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Watson R (2024) Fighting Goliath: A Review of Norman Fenton and Martin Neil’s New Book The Daily Sceptic 12 September
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Watson R (2024) St Idiot’s NHS Trust Newsletter The New Conservative 11 September
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Watson R (2024) Oh no, here comes another not-very-scary virus TCW Defending Freedom 3 September
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Watson R (2024) Man and Wasp Can Live in Harmony Country Squire Magazine 31 August
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Watson R (2024) Things can only get worser The New Conservative 27 August
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Watson R (2024) Extreme misogyny The New Conservative 27 AugustIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Starmer’s red dawn The New Conservative 20 AugustIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Olympic overload The New Conservative 15 AugustIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Did David Clews, the Anchor of Unity News Network, Really Fan the Flames of Last Week’s Unrest? The Daily Sceptic 12 AugustIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) UK Riots: We’re Being Manipulated Again The New Conservative 10 AugustIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Hong Kong’s fake Olympics Unity News Network 4 AugustIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Civil Disorder Comes to My Home Town The Daily Sceptic 4 AugustIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) In a Barbie world The New Conservative 26 JulyIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Dr Green will see you now The New Conservative 19 JulyIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Scotland: Work Still to Be Done The New Conservative 13 JulyIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Coming soon to an arm near you – an mRNA jab for covid AND flu TCW Defending Freedom 8 JulyIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) What Now for the Conservative Party? The New Conservative 9 JulyIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Southgate’s softies The New Conservative 29 June
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Watson R (2024) The hypocrisy of slippery Stella Creasy Unity News Network 26 JuneIf you like it: buy me a coffee
McCrae N, Watson R (2024) Global boiling? Phew, what a con-trick TCW Defending Freedom 26 June
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Watson R (2024) Man down Country Squire Magazine 22 June
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Watson R (2024) The Downing Street Deprivation Index The New Conservative 21 June 2024
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Watson R (2024) Long covid derangement syndrome TCW Defending Freedom 18 JuneIf you like it: buy me a coffee
McKenna H, Watson R (2024) The Research Excellence Framework: UK Higher Education’s great export HEPI Blog 17 JuneIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Man down Country Squire Magazine 22 June
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Watson R (2024) Force-feeding Islam The New Conservative 12 JuneIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) ‘First do no harm’ – unless, of course, it’s an mRNA jab TCW Defending Freedom 11 June
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Watson R (2024) What a shower The New Conservative 5 June
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Watson R (2024) What Did Belinda the Cat Do? The Daily Sceptic 28 May
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Watson R (2024) Biden Derangement Syndrome The New Conservative 25 MayIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Muslim mushrooms TCW Defending Freedom 18 MayIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Are you Islamophobic? The New Conservative 14 MayIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Prepare to Welcome Boarders The New Conservative 9 MayIf you like it: buy me a coffee
McCrae N, Watson R (2024) Where has the sun gone? Unity News Network 8 MayIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Green with ennui Country Squire Magazine 4 MayIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Hateful ‘hate-crime’ laws Unity News Network 3 MayIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Too Little, Too Late for the SNP The New Conservative 27 April
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Watson R (2024) Pathways to professorship HEPI Blog 24 April
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Watson R (2024) From the Humber to the Wolds, East Yorkshire will be cold The Daily Sceptic 21 April
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Watson R (2024) The long and winding covid TWC Defending Freedom 20 April
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Watson R (2024) I see no ships The New Conservative 17 April
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Watson R (2024) Who not to vote for? The New Conservative 14 AprilIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) How Did You Celebrate Eid? The New Conservative 13 AprilIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Unsolicited Salami Country Squire Magazine 13 April
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Watson R (2024) Scotland - No Country for Young Men The European Conservative 4 April
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Watson R (2024) Death in Gaza- What are the true numbers? Unity News Network 2 AprilIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) The Left’s Sense of Humour Bypass The New Conservative 26 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) I Believe in Climate Change… The New Conservative 22 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) The Antidote to Anarchy The European Conservative 19 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) So long, long Covid TCW Defending Freedom 16 March
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Watson R (2023) Net Zero Nuts The New Conservative 13 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Blotting my copy book Country Squire Magazine 9 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Is long Covid just another name for anaemia? TCW Defending Freedom 8 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) UCL cancels eugenicist but not his eugenics TCW Defending Freedom 2 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Hadrian’s Stonewall The New Conservative 9 MarchIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) The battle for common sense Unity News Network 28 February
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Watson R (2024) The Book of Muslim The New Conservative 25 February
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Watson R (2024) In the Navy The New Conservative 15 February
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Watson R (2024) Remember, Man, you are dust Country Squire Magazine 14 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) U.K. universities lead the world in spin The Daily Sceptic 13 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Green in tooth and claw Country Squire Magazine 13 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Has Parkrun lost the plot? The Daily Sceptic 10 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) England’s Green and Pleasant Land The New Conservative 9 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) How to solve the recruitment crisis Unity News Network 5 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Mask mania claims a little boy’s life TCW Defending Freedom 5 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Black Country Joy Country Squire Magazine 2 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) The mask maniacs rave on TCW Defending Freedom 1 FebruaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) New Model Army The New Conservative 29 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) You Couldn’t Make It Up The New Conservative 25 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Is being a nurse a ‘calling’ and does that explain current problems with British nursing? The Catholic Herald 20 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) What the First Amendment Means for Free Speech at University, According to a Harvard Law Expert The Daily Sceptic 18 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Catholic Mission Drift The New Conservative 18 January
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Watson R (2024) NHS or NH Mess? The New Conservative 13 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Something rotten in the state of nursing TCW Defending Freedom 13 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Is Bill Gates the Most Dangerous Man in the World? The European Conservative 8 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) Why this ‘just war’ is not justified Unity News Network 8 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2024) A Few Suggestions For 2024 The New Conservative 5 JanuaryIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) The State of Play The New Conservative 26 DecemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) The Shepherd Country Squire Magazine 27 December
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Watson R (2023) Pope’s same-sex blessing could be a curse for priests TCW Defending Freedom 21 DecemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Nursing and Midwifery Council Bans ‘Misgendering’ in ‘Free Speech’ Guidance The Daily Sceptic 19 DecemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) When the bombs fall Unity News Network 18 DecemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Fossil fuels to the rescue The Daily Sceptic 15 DecemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) And the Nobel Prize goes to… Unity News Network 15 December
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Watson R (2023) The New Conservative Christmas Message The New Conservative 14 DecemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Dr Who/He/Him The New Conservative 6 DecemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Why Hamas has already won Unity News Network 5 DecemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Never trust a technician Country Squire Magazine 2 December
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Watson R (2023) In China, every cough and sniffle is a crisis TCW Defending Freedom 30 November
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Watson R (2023) Which Way Would Konrad Schumann Jump Now? The New Conservative 25 NovemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Beyond Belief The European Conservative 18 NovemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) How Many Policemen Can You Get on a Motorbike? The Daily Sceptic 18 NovemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Enslaved by falsehoods The New Conservative 15 NovemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
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Watson R (2023) The Creeping Absorption of Hong Kong into China is Palpable The Daily Sceptic 10 NovemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Monkey pox nonsense and peanut butter piffle TCW Defending Freedom 10 November
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Watson R (2023) Marx and Spencer The New Conservative 9 November
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Watson R (2023) The global arms merry go-round Unity News Network 7 NovemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Microaggressions: tell me about it The New Conservative 6 November
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Watson R (2023) There’ll be another variant along in a minute TCW Defending Freedom 3 November
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Watson R (2023) Urban peasants Country Squire Magazine 3 NovemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2033) Waleshe/he The New Conservative 1 NovemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) China gets a few things right The Daily Sceptic 28 October
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Watson R (2023) What happened at Ofakim? Unity News Network 28 OctoberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Diversity, China style The New Conservative 27 OctoberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Canal Street Country Squire Magazine 19 OctoberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) MacHamas The New Conservative 19 OctoberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Is this the war they have all been waiting for? Unity News Network 15 OctoberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Evidence-based practice in health research, Interdisciplinary Conference in Health Care Science, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong SAR
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Watson R (2023) Evidence-based practice in health research, Interdisciplinary Conference in Health Care Science, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong SAR
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Watson R (2023) Evidence-based practice in health research, Interdisciplinary Conference in Health Care Science, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong SAR
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Watson R (2023) August Šenoa Country Squire Magazine 14 OctoberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) A climate of pessimism at the Vatican The New Conservative 14 October
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Watson R (2023) Vaccine and stroke – the unmentionable connection TCW Defending Freedom 13 OctoberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Would the last person to leave GB News please turn out the lights? Unity News Network 10 OctoberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) The Diversity Lottery The New Conservative 10 October
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Watson R (2023) Are even the Covid fanatics starting to see sense? TCW Defending Freedom 3 OctoberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Bashing the Bishop The New Conservative 3 OctoberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) HS2 Nowhere The New Conservative 2 OctoberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Only the warlords are winning Unity News Network 1 OctoberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Where TCW leads the BMJ follows TCW Defending Freedom 29 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Migrant Madness The New Conservative 27 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Captive Catholics Country Squire Magazine 25 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) FDA rush to approve killer ‘vaccines’ but reject life-saving allergy treatment TCW Defending Freedom 25 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) We need saving from the NHS Unity News Network 25 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson J, Watson R (2023) A Very Hypocritical Khant The New Conservative 22 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Courtney Lawes: ’England Is Not a Racist Country The New Conservative 11 September
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Watson R (2023) Watson’s wisdom The New Conservative 19 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Why are Ukrainian flags flying over British Universities? Unity News Network 11 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) ‘Bright’ people head the queue for Covid jabs – oh yeah? TCW Defending Freedom 16 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Australia on the Verge of Massive Mistake Country Squire Magazine 13 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Aren’t the Met Police forgetting something? Unity News Network 14 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Face Masks Decrease Cognitive Function and Increase Reaction Time, Study Finds The Daily Sceptic 15 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2023) Variants and scariants – the Covid joke is on usTCW Defending Freedom 9 September
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Watson R (2023) Wild West Yorkshire policing The New Conservative 7 SeptemberIf you like it: buy me a coffee
Watson R (2022) Health experts panic over monkeypox deaths (because there aren’t any) TCW Defending Freedom 20 June
Watson R (2022) Solution to a Problem that Didn’t Exist Country Squire Magazine 11 June
Watson R (2022) Will nurses lead the charge against transgender activism? Unity News Network 6 June
Watson R (2022) The Most Beautiful Thing This Side of Heaven The European Conservative 5 June
Watson R (2022) I will NOT be celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee! Unity News Network 1 June
Watson R (2022) God created them intersex gender-nonconforming The New Conservative 30 May
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NCUP Annual Education Lecture 10.00 am 23 February 2022 (by Zoom) . To be followed by the NCUP AGM at 11.15.
‘My family and other dyscientics’
By Professor Mike Watts, Department of Education, College of Business, Arts and Social Science, Brunel University, London
In this lecture I introduce both members of my family and the term dysciencia. I intend by dysciencia a description of people troubled by understanding science concepts and processes: persistent troubles that can lead to a diverse range of difficulties with accessing broad issues in science. I use the term ‘people’ to cover both students involved in formal institutional education and members of the general public engrossed in their less structured science lives. Science learning difficulties are certainly not in their infancy and are very prevalent – perhaps not, though, discussed in exactly this way before. Such ‘science difficulties’ might best be thought of as a continuum, not a distinct category, along which lie many causal issues, social factors, dispositions, motivations, preferences, and I see such difficulties as occurring across ages and abilities.
I look at the possibility of dysciencia from three viewpoints: (i) from the perspective that, for some people, science appears to be an entirely ‘other’ world, its arguments and processes are wholly foreign, unfathomable and, consequently, simply cannot be penetrated – and, therefore, with little point in trying to do so; (ii) for some, the cognitive effort of engaging with science is simply too great, there is far too much cognitive ‘heavy lifting’ to be done to merit interaction with scientific matters at all. I speculate on a number of reasons for why people might fall into this dyscientic grouping and explore these within the limits of the presentation. I also explore (iii), the nature of explanation, the role of the adept science educator in being ‘audience sensitive’.
In my discussion, I draw on data from a range of research projects over time, none of which were specifically designed to identify or delineate dysciencia. Rather, my available data has accumulated through conversations, discussions, debates and some research interviews with children, students, colleagues, family, friends and neighbours – among many others. Any work specifically on dysciencia is yet to happen. I draw on a number of theories to explore the ways in which people develop their ideas in science and reach the unexceptional conclusions that learning science is not a straightforward business, there is seldom a clear and direct line between input and output, that explicating people’s thinking through ‘talking’ science is a complex affair and – possibly – that dysciencia is one way of looking at ‘science refusniks’.
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Four weeks and Editor-in-Chief; the new team is in place; submissions are good; response times are down - all good news https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/nurse-education-in-practice
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This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, our annual lecture was delivered virtually; 48 people attended including NCUP members and affiliates and members of the general public. The lecture is also available on YouTube.
Will evidence‐based medicine be another casualty of COVID‐19? Roger Watson Niall McCrae
How To Publish a Preprint
A How-To on How to Publish a Preprint Roger Watson NURSE AUTHOR & EDITOR, 2020, 30(2), 6
Jansson, M, Ohtonen, P, Syrjälä, H, Ala‐Kokko, T. The proportion of understaffing and increased nursing workload are associated with multiple organ failure: A cross‐sectional study. J Adv Nurs. 2020; https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14410
The University response to Covid and nursing education - mentions the Burdett Trust funded STaR nursing retention project
The COVID‐19 epidemic of manuscripts
Roger Watson Mark Mark
First published:28 May 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14437
The Journal of Advanced Nursing will continue to operate normally and we will be publishing anything related to the Coronavirus COVID-19 open access.
The Contribution of Peer Review to Scholarly Publishing Roger Watson NURSE AUTHOR & EDITOR, 2020, 30(2), 1
If you edit a reputable journal for a reputable publisher then you will have noticed the, now common, multi-coloured ‘doughnut’ with a number in the middle on the landing pages of the published articles. This number is the Altmetrics score and it is a measure of the attention that articles have had on a range of online platforms including social media (Dardas et al., 2018). Like most ‘metrics’ the bigger the number, the better, as it indicates greater online attention. While traditional metrics – principally the Clarivate® journal impact factor – are still considered important, the value of Altmetrics is becoming increasingly recognised and, if ‘bigger is better’ then as editors we should be paying attention to how we can maximise the impact of the articles we publish online and, thereby, increase Altmetrics scores wherever possible. How do we do it?
From Wikipedia:
Still Game is a Scottish sitcom, produced by The Comedy Unit with BBC Scotland. It was created by Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who played the lead characters, Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade, two Glaswegian pensioners. The characters first appeared in the pair's previous TV sketch show Chewin' the Fat, which aired in Scotland from January 1999 until December 2005.
Song, Y., Reifsnider, E., Zhao, S., Xie, X. and Chen, H. (2020), A randomized controlled trial of the Effects of a telehealth educational intervention on medication adherence and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.14319
Watson, R. and Xue, C. (2020), Publishing studies in traditional Chinese medicine. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.14297
Hoeve, Y.T., Brouwer, J. and Kunnen, S. (2019), Turnover prevention: The direct and indirect association between organizational job stressors, negative emotions and professional commitment in novice nurses. J Adv Nurs. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1111/jan.14281
Park, J., Lee, K. and Lee, K. (2019), Association Between Urinary Urgency and Falls Among rural dwelling Older Women. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.14284
Flying home for Christmas
By Roger Watson | 12/05/2019
Best wishes for the festive season and forthcoming year.
Lecture given at the University of Genoa, Italy October 2019; interpreter Dr Giuseppe Aleo
Aronowitz, S. V., Mcdonald, C. C., Stevens, R. C. and Richmond, T. S. (2019), Mixed Studies Review of Factors Influencing Receipt of Pain Treatment by Injured Black Patients. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.14215
2nd International and 4th National Congress om Complementary and Supportive Care Practices, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Ueki, S. , Komai, K. , Ohashi, K. , Fujita, Y. , Kitao, M. and Fujiwara, C. (2019), Parental factors predicting unnecessary ambulance use for their child with acute illness: A cross‐sectional study. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.14161
Watson, R. and Xue, C. (2019), Things not to ask an editor. J Adv Nurs. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1111/jan.14158
Gray, R. , Gray, G. and Brown, E. (2019), A review of prospective registration of trials published in nursing science journals in 2017. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.14131
Lever, I. , Dyball, D. , Greenberg, N. and Stevelink, S. A. (2019), Health Consequences of Bullying in the Healthcare Workplace: A Systematic Review. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.13986
Mass protests amid the smell of onions and garlic
By Roger Watson | 06/18/2019
Hong Kong not business as usual these days.
Wilson‐Stewart, K. , Hartel, G. and Fontanarosa, D. (2019), Occupational radiation exposure to the head is higher for scrub nurses than cardiologists during cardiac angiography. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.14085
Zion, N, Shochat, T. (2019) Let them sleep: The effects of a scheduled nap during the night shift on sleepiness and cognition in hospital nurses. J Adv Nurs. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14031
Medical Journals: Is Milton Packer Crying Wolf?
Journal editor defends the impact factor by Roger Watson, April 29, 2019 MEDPAGE TODAY
Watson, R. (2019), Predatory journals and the pollution of academic publishing.J Nurs Manag, 27: 223-224. doi:10.1111/jonm.12739
Watson, R. , McKenna, H. P. and Thompson, D. R. (2019), Increasing citations to your work. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.14010
Watson, R. (2019), Which articles get published and why?. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.13992
Pugh, J. D., Cormack, K. , Gelder, L. , Williams, A. M., Twigg, D. E. and Blazevich, A. J. (2019), Exercise, fitness and musculoskeletal health of undergraduate nursing students: A cross‐sectional study. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.13990
Interview on BBC Radio Humberside with Graeme Stasiuk and Justin Sturge about recent research:
Mitchell T. Clarke, Francesco Narda Viscomi, Thomas W. Chamberlain, Nicole Hondow, Ali M. Adawi, Justin Sturge, Steven C. Erwin, Jean-Sebastien G. Bouillard, Sudarsan Tamang & Graeme J. Stasiuk (2019) Synthesis of super bright indium phosphide colloidal quantum dots through thermal diffusion Nature Communications Chemistry 2:36
Lee, KJ, Kim, M. Occupational values of nurses who succeeded their mothers in nursing. J Adv Nurs. 2019; https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13976
Watson, R. and Hayter, M. (2019), Time to plan for Plan S. Nurs Open, 6: 206-207. doi:10.1002/nop2.263
Watson, R. (2019), Predatory publishing continues. Nurs Open, 6: 4-4. doi:10.1002/nop2.226
Mention of Erlend Clouston in relation to reporting an incident 'Brick' in Edinburgh involving a window being smashed in an art gallery as part of an illusion
Stimpfe, A. W., Fletcher, J. and Kovner, C. T. (2019), A comparison of scheduling, work hours, overtime and work preferences across four cohorts of newly licensed Registered Nurses. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.1397
Pierce, H. , Perry, L. , Gallagher, R. and Chiarelli, P. (2019), Culture, teams and organisations: a qualitative exploration of female nurses’ and midwives’ experiences of urinary symptoms at work. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.13951
Singapore, Sydney, and Brisbane in one week
By Roger Watson | 01/30/2019
Somewhere between Sydney and Brisbane, the glamour of international travel wore off.
Xu, D. , Zhu, S. , Li, H. , Gao, J. , Mou, H. and Wang, K. (2019), Relationships among occupational stress, toileting behaviors, and overactive bladder in nurses: a multiple mediator model. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.13940
Arnetz JE, Sudan S, Fitzpatrick L, et al. Organizational determinants of bullying and work disengagement among hospital nurses. J Adv Nurs. 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13915