Stories
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The child whose town rejected vaccines
Gloucester, 1896. Ethel Cromwell is taken ill at the height of Britain’s last great smallpox epidemic.
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Intelligence testing, race and eugenics
Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
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Booze and bad behaviour
Our love of alcohol is like a party that’s lasted nine centuries. But there are signs that the demon drink is losing its appeal.
Catalogue
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Guide to the materials for American history, to 1783, in the Public Record Office of Great Britain / by Charles M. Andrews.
Andrews, Charles McLean, 1863-1943.Date: 1912-1914- Journals
Annual report of the Keeper of Public Records on the work of the Public Record Office and the report of the Advisory Council on Public Records.
Great Britain. Public Record Office.- Books
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Tackling problem drug use : thirtieth report of session 2009-10 : report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / Committee of Public Accounts.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public AccountsDate: 2010- Books
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Young people's sexual health : the National Chlamydia Screening Programme : seventh report of session 2009-10 : report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / Committee of Public Accounts.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public AccountsDate: 2010- Books
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Big science : public investment in large scientific facilities sixtieth report of session 2006-07 / House of Commons, Committee of Public Accounts.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts.Date: 2007