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Water Problems in the UK

The management of water supplies, flooding and water pollution in...

Why Did Europe’s Economies Diverge from Asia?

The levels of income in parts of China and India...

AIDS: A Cultural History

AIDS is an example of a highly stigmatising ailment. This...

To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear

Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...

Breast Cancer: A Cultural History

Breast cancer is one of the most dreaded diseases for...

Anglo-American relations: Where we are, and how we got there

How Inequality Affects Mental Health

Traditional risk factors for mental illness include genetics, perinatal factors...

Dementia: A Cultural History

Dementia is often designated the “plague” of the twenty-first century...

‘They live by Trade’: Britain’s global trade in the Great Days of Sail

Britain's history has been shaped by its relationship with the...

The Londonderry Plantation from 1641 until the Disengagement at the end of the Nineteenth Century

The events that led to the Londonderry Plantation had momentous...