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  • A fresh perspective on the Great Stink?

    25/06/2014

    Summer in London, June 2014. Temperatures are starting to climb, travelling on the London Underground is becoming a sweltering affair and sufferers from hay fever are certainly not enjoying things. Uncomfortable at times but living conditions are not a patch on those… Continue reading

  • There’s something in the air

    20/11/2013

    It is easy to take the air we breathe for granted, but its quality has been ensured by tireless campaigning from societies such as Environmental Protection UK and its predecessors: the Coal Smoke Abatement Society, the Smoke Abatement League of… Continue reading

  • Let’s talk about the weather…

    06/01/2012

    Patient: What do you think of a warmer climate for me doctor? Doctor: Good heavens Sir, That’s just what I am trying to save you from! Climate and health have been connected since the days of humoural medicine and probably… Continue reading

  • Wellcome Library Insight – Dirty London

    07/09/2011

    This week’s free Wellcome Library Insight session – on Thursday 8th September – explores how doctors, governments and ordinary citizens in London have struggled against poor hygiene, pollution and dreadful epidemics, developing the themes of the recent Wellcome Collection Dirt… Continue reading

  • Wellcome Library Insight – Dirty London

    01/08/2011

    This week’s free Wellcome Library Insight session – on Thursday 4th August – ties in with Wellcome Collection’s current Dirt exhibition. The session will show how doctors, governments and ordinary citizens in London have struggled against poor hygiene, pollution and… Continue reading