Stories
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Obesity and Britain’s boys
Six young men and six experiences of being overweight. Find out how these boys and their loved ones feel about this stigmatising issue.
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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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The making of ‘Quacks’
How do you create a medical comedy that’s authentic and laugh-out-loud funny?
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Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
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The important letters relating to the affairs of Great Britain: with Proper Remarks on Them; And on the Lord Bolingbroke's letter therein contained. From a Gentleman in Town to a Friend in North-Britain.
Date: 1715- Books
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A compleat view of the present politicks of Great-Britain. In a Letter From a German Nobleman, To his Friend at Vienna. Translated From the French Original, lately printed at Brussels.
German nobleman.Date: 1743- Books
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An address to the gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of all the Counties in Great Britain, and to the Mayors, Jurats, Bailiffs, Aldermen, Common Councilmen, and Burgesses of all the Cities, Towns-Corporate, and Boroughs throughout the said Kingdom of Great Britain. The following necessary and friendly Advice is humbly offered, by a Cordial Admirer of Truth and Liberty, and a Zealous Friend to this Constitution.
Date: MDCCXLVII. [1747]- Books
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Address to the rulers of the state: in which their conduct and measures, The Principles and Abilities of their Opponents, And the real Interest of England, with Regard to America and her natural Enemies, are freely canvassed. Friend to Great-Britain.
Date: M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
Report of a Committee, appointed by the Secretary of State for War, to enquire into the organization of the Army Hospital Corps, hospital management and nursing in the field, and the sea transport of sick and wounded : together with minutes of evidence, appendix, and index.
Great Britain. Army Hospital Services Inquiry Committee.Date: 1883