Come and work on a PhD Queen Mary University of London in the wonderful School of History, Queen Mary University of London with me as a fully funded holder of a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award with Paul Dryburgh and Kathryn Maude on A Minority at Law: Jews and the Courts in Medieval England, c. 1216-1290
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A parasite found in untreated sewage has been found in tap water.

The sewage problem has grown so bad that it is now entering our drinking water.

The Water Companies need to be fined into bankruptcy and nationalised for free.

So PINK!

What a roaring success the privatisation of water has been. One of the richest countries in the world and we can't swim in our water or even drink it without getting sick? This can't go on. What will it take for this Government to act? news.sky.com/story/warning-…

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'Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manner were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy.' ~ Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

Wild that there has never been a famous female author. 🙄 Anyway, here's the last chapter of 'Persuasion' in Jane Austen's own handwriting....

Bertha Wegmann (Danish, 1847-1926)
Interior with a bunch of wild flowers, a palette, paint box and a cheroot, half smoken, ca.1882

One of the first operations I ever watched was a Caesarean section on an 11-year-old.

How did I miss this? Blackpool tower 1984

The Port of Preston leaflet was printed by Guardian Press in Fishergate, Preston.

Preston Dock was the largest working dock in Britain until 1981. It was a major employer in the town, handling coal exports to Ireland and banana imports from the West Indies. ⛵

Not a great painting but I have a weakness for Rosamonds. John William Waterhouse, English painter (1849-1917) - 'Fair Rosamund'.

Two of my own in this photo! SMUG.

Prof Elaine Chalus I despair: already, from my studies of the history of sex ed in Britain, I'd say it's pretty much always been trailing behind the actual contemporary realities - but taking a massive leap backwards is a whole new level of not confronting the situation.

Is this the one in National Gallery ?

Festival of Britain #wallpaper - Provence, #LucienneDay , 1951. Lucienne's first wallpaper design was launched as part of a limited edition for the #FestivalofBritain . The doodle-like motifs contrast with the formality of the pattern as seen from a distance. Spot the tiny daisies!

British artist Meredith Frampton gave up painting due to failing eyesight & fell into obscurity for 35 yrs, then was “rediscovered” & had first solo retrospective at age 88. A master of flawless finish, disquieting stillness & cool sensuality~ here's Woman Reclining

He filmed the working class as if they had souls. youtube.com/watch?v=IdlslM…

A still from An American in Paris - Gene Kelly in the “Tra-la-la”.

Royal couturier Norman Hartnell was featured in a newspaper article in 1950 about “Three famous men who can’t find the right girl”. Given that the other two were Terence Rattigan and Ivor Novello, I think we know why.
The full article appears in my anthology ‘Some Men in London’.