Search results found for: health Behind the scenesBooks to celebrate the legacy of Florence NightingaleTuesday 19 May 2020This month, as I applaud the courage and incredible lifesaving work of our front...Records and researchLady in the Archives: The life of Florence Nightingale (part two)Thursday 14 May 2020Florence Nightingale, famous for her work as a nurse and social reformer, was born...Records and researchAfrican Princess in Guy’s: The story of Princess Adenrele AdemolaWednesday 13 May 2020From Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent to Princess Alice of Greece, princess nurses have...Records and researchLady in the Archives: The life of Florence Nightingale (part one)Tuesday 12 May 2020Florence Nightingale, famous for her work as a nurse and social reformer, was born...Records and researchThe birth of council housingTuesday 31 March 2020‘Deficiency of housing accommodation is one of the most prolific causes of industrial unrest.’...Behind the scenesWhat happens when school students take overMonday 27 January 2020Giving students the opportunity to work with original sources is central to everything that...Records and researchThalidomide: Limb-fitting centresMonday 9 December 2019Thalidomide was one of the worst man-made medical disasters in history and had far-reaching...Records and researchLiving with leprosy in late medieval EnglandThursday 5 December 2019Leprosy – now known as Hansen’s disease in order to remove the stigma with...Records and researchMedieval mental illness and care in the community: Emma de Beston’s case, 1383Thursday 28 November 2019For Disability History Month, we ask, 'What happened in the medieval period when people...Behind the scenesChristmas books for history loversTuesday 5 November 2019I know it is still early November but Christmas is next month, so get...Records and researchPeterloo: Whatever Happened to Henry Hunt?Thursday 29 August 2019On 16 August 1819, 60,000 people gathered on St Peter’s Field in Manchester to...Records and researchForeign and Commonwealth Office files from 1990: ‘United Germany’Wednesday 28 August 2019Today, we are releasing new FCO 33 files for 1990, a large number of... « 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 23 »