Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Player's please : football 1951-52 fixtures / issued by the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Limited.
Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland.Date: 1951- Books
"Safety first" : an album to contain a series of cigarette cards of national importance / issued by W.D. & H.O. Wills branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company (of Great Britain and Ireland), Limited.
W.D. & H.O. Wills (Firm)Date: [1934]- Ephemera
Player's Navy Cut cigarettes : "medium" / John Player & Sons.
John Player & Sons.Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]- Ephemera
- Online
Air raid wardens and civilian volunteer despatch-rider / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
Date: [1938]- Ephemera
Sairey Gamp : Martin Chuzzlewit : Player's cigarettes / John Player & Sons.
Date: [1912]