Monday, 10 July 2023

The Anatomist and the Irish Giant

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Visitors to London's Leicester Square today find it a place of entertainment and perhaps a bit of naughtiness. Eating, drinking, theater...
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Wednesday, 5 July 2023

The National Health Service at 75: The Best Present the UK Ever Gave Itself

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July 5, 2023 is the 75th anniversary of the opening of the National Health Service in the UK. The NHS was established in 1948 by the Labour ...
Friday, 23 June 2023

Imagining John Bull, Part 2: The Victorian Age and Beyond

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During the 19th century, John Bull featured in many publications. In 1820 the first of several periodicals named  John Bull   appeared. Its ...
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Thursday, 22 June 2023

Grave Robbing and Murder in Georgian Britain

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  Astley Cooper (1768-1841) was one of the most innovative surgeons and anatomists of the early nineteenth century. He pioneered several sig...

Environmentalist Robert Burns: On Mice and Men

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"The best-laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft agley."  This line from Robert Burns' "To a Mouse," published in...
Thursday, 15 June 2023

Anatomy and Body Snatching in Georgian Britain: William Hunter

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London's Soho district has long been notorious as a place where bodies are for sale. Living bodies. Less well known is its connection to...
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Wednesday, 7 June 2023

Imagining John Bull: Part 1: The Georgian Age

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Not so long ago people in much of the world would have easily recognized the image below as John Bull, a symbol of the British nation, much ...
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