Dear Readers,
After nearly a decade with WordPress we have decided to move to Substack https://drmwroberts.substack.com for its community and its ease of use. As this blog has developed, it’s become clear it’s more than one blog, with social/political commentary, mental health science communication and parenting the main themes.
So we are splitting the themes, moving all your favourites from the decade over to their own pages:
- Parliamentalise for the social/political pieces https://parliamentalise.substack.com
- Psychiatrying for the mental/developmental health science communication and commentary https://psychiatrying.substack.com
- Repairenthood for the parenting commentary/advice https://repairenthood.substack.com
- You’ll also find content from the sister blog The Normal Grown-Up now trading as Haikotherapy (haiku/photo diptychs), Psychoetic (all other poetry), Multitudes Everywhere (creative writing) and The Normal Grown-Up (now reserved for reviews).
- The name My Doctor’s Handwriting will have a new life as my memoir substack aka A Barely Legible Memoir, which may or may not ever be published in full anywhere. I’ll record memories that help pass the time to read, or even better, help with healing in some way.
Thanks for supporting my writing over the last 10 years here. Here’s to many more ahead!
Matthew
May 2026
My Doctor's Handwriting 