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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Join us to discover more about: 🎭 The role of arts in communicating science 💉 Questions of safety, trust and confidence in public health ♀️ The overlooked contributions of women in the history of medicine We invite you to join the conversation and share your own perspectives during the event too!

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

How should we tell the stories of science?📜🧪 Hear from immunologists, a global historian and a leading composer in our new panel event - including exclusive clips from opera Dangerous Matter🎭 📍History of Science Museum, Oxford 📅9th Oct, 6.30-8.00pm 🎟️FREE tickets: www.hsm.ox.ac.uk/event/thanks...

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Thanks for the Memories

A panel event exploring collective memory, music, and public health

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🖌Image 4: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu with her son, Edward Wortley Montagu, and attendants, circa 1717. Attributed to Jean Baptise Vanmour. © National Portrait Gallery, London.

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

✒️ Mary's letters: Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W---y M---e : written during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa ... Which contain ... accounts of the policy and [contd]manners of the Turks / [Mary Wortley Montagu]. Source: Wellcome Collection, pp. 91-92 (abridged); title page.

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🖌️ Image 2: Rash of pustules on the hand of a patient, probably suffering from smallpox, by R. Carswell, 1831. Wellcome Collection. wellcomecollection.org/works/hgu5jfxh 🖌️ Image 3: Mary Wortley Montagu, by Charles Jervas, 1716. The Yorck Project. commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

📷 Opera photos: @robinclewleyphotography 🖌️ Image 1: Mary Wortley Montagu, by Jonathan Richardson, 1725. The Yorck Project. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jo...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

In the first installment, meet Lady Mary: a defiant campaigner for inoculation - the purposeful infection of a patient to produce a mild and controlled case of disease - in 18th century Britain - performed by the spell-binding mezzo soprano Rosie Middleton ✨

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Introducing 🔬 MEMORY UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 🔬- our new series examining the powerful history of vaccination and the cutting-edge immunology research behind Dangerous Matter - created by Zakiya Leeming, with libretto by @sredway.bsky.social, performed @rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmprism.bsky.social ➡️

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Zakiya Leeming ctd: "in Manchester and Oxford writing their own original work inspired by immunology, this project has involved the creativity of so many. I'm grateful to everyone involved and hope projects like this continue to make space for creative interdisciplinary work.” 4/ 👏

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Zakiya Leeming @rncmprism.bsky.social: “The past three years working with Paul on this collaborative project have been incredibly rewarding. From creating a new opera on the theme of immune memory together with a dedicated cast and creative team to working with school students... 3/

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Prof. Klenerman @ox.ac.uk: “It’s been a privilege to work on this project with Zakiya. It’s also been wonderful to see how the ideas have progressed from the early concepts, via the outreach work with schools, to the final amazing piece performed at the RNCM in Manchester last week.”

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Check out the @ox.ac.uk news piece to find out more about our world premiere of Dangerous Matter @rncmlive.bsky.social last week! 🔗https://www.immunology.ox.ac.uk/news/world-premiere-of-dangerous-matter-opera-inspired-by-vaccine-science-and-history-as-part-of-thanks-for-the-memories-project

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

🔗 Read the Arts Desk review of Dangerous Matter here! www.google.com/amp/theartsd...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

"Can opera contribute to better understanding of science and even help overcome the vaccine scepticism of our time? It’s not an obvious contender for the role of public educator in that way, but this attempt at pushing its boundaries is a brave one." 🎭🎵💉 1/

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The opera is the result of a 3 year collaboration between Zakiya Leeming at @rncmprism.bsky.social and Prof. Paul Klenerman @ox.ac.uk supported by @wellcometrust.bsky.social - with a huge range of support and participation from scientists and musicians across Oxford and @manchester.ac.uk 🥳

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

What a night! A HUGE congratulations to everyone involved in bringing Dangerous Matter to life @rncmlive.bsky.social last night - we're still buzzing from the brilliant performance!

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Oxford Road Corridor @oxrdmcr.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Catch Dangerous Matter tonight at @rncmlive.bsky.social, a new opera about memory, medicine and the global fight for vaccines—told through the story of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Tickets still available. Discover more about its making here 👇

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Zakiya Leeming: Medicine, Memory, and the Music of Defiance

Composer Zakiya Leeming explores vaccines, memory, and resistance in her opera Dangerous Matter, inspired by Lady Mary’s legacy.

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Today's the day! Here's a sneak peek of the world premiere of Dangerous Matter, showing tonight at the RNCM at 7pm - grab your ticket now! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Get your ticket here! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

lies a story of human lives, relationships, and moral conviction. Recognising our shared values and humanity creates a foundation upon which we can build meaningful conversation." Zakiya Leeming's new opera Dangerous Matter premieres TOMORROW @rncmlive.bsky.social

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

"The libretto, by Sam Redway after Lady Mary’s own writing, explores the deeply human dimensions of public health: fear, hope, loss, and trust. The emotional weight behind human motivations reminds us that beneath every policy or breakthrough, and every stance against it... 2/

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

"Why should opera concern itself with something as charged and contentious as vaccinations? I’d argue that opera, with its capacity to fuse emotion and reason, is uniquely suited to the task... 1/

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Only 4 days to go until the world premiere of Dangerous Matter - a powerful new opera exploring memory, innovation, and the forgotten history of vaccination 🎵🧪 Get your ticket today! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Fantastic to see Dangerous Matter feature in the Manchester Wire - with only 5 days to go until the world premiere, get your tickets at the link in the article! manchesterwire.co.uk/music-and-me...

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Music and medicine collide in a new opera at the RNCM

Dangerous Matter is inspired by Lady Mary Wortley, an 18th-century writer who defied medical convention by championing inoculation.

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

With only almost one week to go until the world premiere of Dangerous Matter at the RNCM in Manchester, grab your ticket here www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

And the power of opera to ask challenging questions about trust, misinformation, and public health from the 18thc to today 🎵🧪

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Rachel presented on Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - the focus of Dangerous Matter - and her 18thc advocacy for inoculation, sparking discussion about medicine as a public activity in 18thc Britain...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

#t4tm Project Facilitator Rachel had a fantastic time presenting new opera Dangerous Matter at the Society for Apothecaries seminar on medicine and music today!

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🎵 Composed by ZakiyaLeeming 🎭 Directed by Sam Redway ✨ Libretto by Leeming and Redway, after Lady Mary Montagu Wortley

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Grab your ticket now for the world premiere of Dangerous Matter - an urgent new opera exploring vaccination, memory and innovation 🎟️https://rncm.ac.uk/performance/dangerous-matter-a-new-opera-on-medicine-memory-and-innovation/

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Dangerous Matter - a powerful new opera inspired by the science and history of immune memory - is premiering on 24th June @rncmlive.bsky.social Read composer and #T4TM co-lead Zakiya Leeming's reflections on the project here: oxfordroadcorridor.com/medicine-mem...

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Zakiya Leeming: Medicine, Memory, and the Music of Defiance

Composer Zakiya Leeming explores vaccines, memory, and resistance in her opera Dangerous Matter, inspired by Lady Mary’s legacy.

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

and get your tickets here! 🎵Dangerous Matter 📅Tuesday 24th June 2025 📍Royal Northern College of Music @rncmlive.bsky.social 🎫https://www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/dangerous-matter-a-new-opera-on-medicine-memory-and-innovation/

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Phase Two of #ThanksForTheMemories is the creation of an opera, by Zakiya Leeming, inspired by Paul Klenerman's research into immune memory and the story of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an 18thc advocate for inoculation. Find out more here: www.immunology.ox.ac.uk/news/2018dan...

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‘Dangerous Matter’: A New Opera on Vaccine Science, Memory, and Innovation

The Thanks for the Memories public engagement programme are delighted to announce the next major event of their project: the premier of a new opera, ‘Dangerous Matter’, at the Royal Northern College o...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

... and Zakiya Leeming worked with students to transform what they had learnt about the science and history of vaccines into original musical compositions using brilliantly imaginative scores - no student in the project needed to have a musical background to be involved!

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

hindmarshrachel.bsky.social introduced students to the overlooked but pioneering story of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an 18thc advocate for inoculation who paved the way for Edward Jenner's development of the world's first vaccine for smallpox...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

A team of immunologists from @ox.ac.uk and @manchester.ac.uk carried out workshops to help students understand immune memory, and the power of vaccines to help save lives across the world...

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Phase One of #ThanksForTheMemories was schools engagement - we supported year 9 pupils at Co-op Academy Schools in Manchester and Greyfriars School in Oxford to compose their own pieces of music inspired by the science and history of vaccination 🎵🧪

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Thanks for the Memories is a 3yr public engagement project involving researchers, composers, & secondary school students, exploring musical responses to the topic of immune memory. Find out more: immunology.ox.ac.uk/about/public... #ThanksForTheMemories

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