Stories
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Medics and the bomb
Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.
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Fleeing fear, defying prejudice
As teenage refugee Sedra Al-Yousef grappled with rebuilding her life and education in another country, at the same time she used compassion and humanity to demolish populist anti-refugee myths.
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Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard
Thomas Sankara’s vision to transform farming and health in Burkina Faso turned to dust with his assassination. Perry Blankson highlights the considerable achievements of Sankara’s brief span in power.
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A nose through Blythe House
Recently sold and emptied out, Blythe House was once one of the UK’s biggest museum storage facilities. Here, museum worker Laura Humphreys reflects on her relationship with the store’s architecture, objects and aromas.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one. An act for repealing certain parts of an act postponing the payment of government securities to a distant period, for the payment of the interest now due on said securities, and for altering the several acts of government which now relate to the currency of the state and conforming the same to the principles of equality and justice.
Massachusetts.Date: 1781]- Books
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An answer to a pamphlet on publick credit: occasioned by the bill now depending in the House, to prevent the pernicions practice of stockjobbing. Humbly address'd to the various proprietors of government securities.
Date: MDCCXXXIII. [1733]- Books
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An alarm To The Proprietors of the South-Sea Company, and other Publick Securities: Or, Reasons to prove that the Support of the Question recommended by the Directors, is of the utmost Importance to all Creditors of the Government.
Date: 1721?]- Books
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A call of the holders of government securities, To a review of the negociation for the loans and lotteries for the years 1788 and 1789, especially as they apply to debentures bearing an interest of 4 per cent. and treasury bills at three-pence per day. Addressed to his excellency the Marquis of Buckingham. By A Stock Holder.
Stock holder.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The bank mirror; or, A guide to the funds. In which is given, a clear and full explanation of the process of buying and selling stock in the Bank of England; so that any person may become thoroughly acquainted with it in a few hours, without consulting a broker. Together with an account of government and other securities, of the supplies of government, and other important articles; comprised under the following heads: funds banks credit traffic money stock company transfer dividends letters of attorney bank stock India stock South sea stock government supplier taxes navy and exchequer bills India bonds bills of exchange jobbing in the funds, South sea annuities India annuities life annuities wills testaments assurances on lives assurances on property including a sketch of the rise, progress, and revolutions of commerce. From its cultivation under the asiatic and greclan empires, to its present state of grandeur and importance; with useful tables, &c. &c. By Charles Hales, Esq.
Hales, Charles.Date: M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]