Sunday, 11 March 2018

The First Woman Doctors: Elizabeth Blackwell and her Circle

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Women have always been involved in health care, as domestic healers and midwives. In the 19th century, they began a quest to gain qualificat...
Friday, 2 March 2018

The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill; or Somebody Else

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Winston Churchill was famous, often infamous, for his biting, pithy wit. Historians and biographers may disagree as to exactly what he ...
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Friday, 26 January 2018

London's Georgian Hospitals

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During the Georgian period (1714-1830) London witnessed a great expansion of hospital facilities. This article examines a few of the more fa...
Monday, 11 December 2017

Darwin and Darwinism in Victorian Cartoon and Caricature

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The publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species  (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871) provided plentiful material for the ca...
Thursday, 5 October 2017

A Curious Walk along the Thames: Rotherhithe, Deptford, and Greenwich

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On yet another beautiful day, I resumed my walk on the Thames Path, along the South Bank of the river. I started where I had ended the pre...
Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Great Old London Bridges That Are Not Falling Down, Yet.

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1. Albert Bridge. Connects Chelsea and Battersea. Opened 1873. Architects: Joseph Bazalgette and Rowland Mason Ordish. Length: 216 mete...
Sunday, 10 September 2017

Thames Walks: From the Globe to the Mayflower

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My walk took me along the Thames Path on the South Bank. Starting at Blackfriars Station, I quickly passed through Bankside, past the Tate M...
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