Today I think of my terrified grandmother who lived in Treharris. A year earlier, at age 14, she lost her mother to cancer and left school to take care of her siblings. Her father and brother walked to Aberfan to dig the children out. She was terrified that her father was going to die.

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Dr Xinyi Wen was the winner of our inaugural Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh History of Medicine Award with her paper on the doctrine of signatures. Have a listen to the talks of all our finalists www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/his...

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SLEUTH-HOUND is out on Tuesday and I'm heading off on a US book tour next week! You can find details and information on how to register for events here: drlindseyfitzharris.com/events/

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When I was between jobs, I tried a callcentre role, in one of these places where everyone sits in little booths like battery chickens and where they time how often you go to the toilet. I quit half way through the day.

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Lindsey is that rare historian who writes remarkably engaging stories about the damdest stuff. Read this one and all of her other books

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