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Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalor By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and...
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To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Why Does Britain Have a Water and Sewage Crisis? The discharge of raw sewage into rivers, as well as...
Trust Issues: When Financial "Experts" Have Other Plans Ever wonder if the "experts" managing your money truly have...
"The fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl": The Temperance Movement How did what started as a temperance movement become a...