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Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that...
To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Quakers Living Adventurously: The Library and Archives of the Society of Friends Since the seventeenth century, members of the Religious Society of...
"The fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl": The Temperance Movement How did what started as a temperance movement become a...
The Gordon Riots of 1780: London in Flames, a Nation in Ruins In June 1780 the most destructive urban riots in English...
Protecting London: The work of the Metropolitan Police Marine Support Unit The Marine Support Unit plays a major part in keeping...
The World's Local Religion In the post-imperial age evangelical Christianity has become a genuinely...