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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians

Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.

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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.

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The Ladies of Llangollen

As we celebrate LGBT History Month, Sarah Bentley explores the relationship between the two 18th-century women known as the Ladies of Llangollen.

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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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  • 'Speculum Britanniae' : regional study, antiquarianism, and science in Britain to 1700 / Stan A.E. Mendyk.
  • 'Speculum Britanniae' : regional study, antiquarianism, and science in Britain to 1700 / Stan A.E. Mendyk.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.
  • Chinese woodcut: Play of the five creatures, 2 - The Bear
  • Chinese woodcut: Play of the five creatures, 3 - The Deer
  • Chinese woodcut: Play of the five creatures, 4 - The Ape
  • Chinese woodcut: Play of the five creatures, 5 - The Bird
  • Chinese woodcut: Play of the five creatures, 1 - The Tiger
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