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Building a dream in the garden suburbs

In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.

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Homes for the hives of industry

By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.

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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction

Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.

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London, city of lost hospitals

Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.

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  • The village of Angmering, Sussex, showing the church and schools. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1856, after B. Sly.
  • The asylum and front grounds, Bath. Steel engraving after S.C. Jones.
  • Avenue leading to the College Green with St. Augustine's Church and Cathedral, Bristol. Line engraving by F.R. Hay, 1830, after W.H. Bartlett.
  • Mansel Lacy National Schools, Herefordshire, England: with a floor plan. Wood engraving by Laing after Nicholson.
  • The County Lunatic Asylum, Brentwood, Essex: bird's eye view. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1857, after H.E. Kendall.
  • The County Lunatic Asylum, Brentwood, Essex: bird's eye view. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1857, after H.E. Kendall.
  • St. John's National Schools, Margate, Kent: with a floor plan. Wood engraving by Sly, 1853, after G. Mair.
  • St Bartholomew's Priory, London: the interior looking towards the altar with the artist seated in a pew, drawing. Engraving by B. Howlett, 1822, after T. H. Shepherd, 1821.
  • St Bartholomew's Priory, London: the entrance, with a man standing, holding a staff, and a woman walking through the archway. Wood engraving by T. Gilks after W.A.Delamotte.
  • St Bartholomew the Less, Smithfield, London: the interior with a lady and her daughter near the altar, a man half-hidden behind the pews to the left. Engraving.
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