Stories
- Article
We who can’t believe
Unless she falls to the floor unconscious, Anne Boyer has always ignored signs of illness. Cancer, however, made her face her fallibility.
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NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare
The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.
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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.
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Why gene editing can never eliminate disability
In a world where DNA testing and gene editing offer ways to eliminate certain disabilities, Jaipreet Virdi explores a more accepting and inclusive approach.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Insurance Wages Book
Date: 29 April 1916 - 8 November 1919Reference: RET/3/6/1/3/13Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Insurance Wages Book
Date: 18 September 1913 - 16 April 1914Reference: RET/3/6/1/3/3Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Insurance Wages Book
Date: 23 April 1913 - 19 November 1914Reference: RET/3/6/1/3/4Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Insurance Wages Book
Date: 26 November 1914 - 24 June 1915Reference: RET/3/6/1/3/5Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Insurance Wages Book
Date: 13 February 1913 - 11 September 1913Reference: RET/3/6/1/3/2Part of: The Retreat Archive