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The painful truth about rationing in the NHS

[8th June 2011]

Chris Bowlby takes a look at the history behind current governent plans to reform the NHS

Paul Nash, Event on the Downs © Government Art Collection, London; Tate London

Out and about in June

[1st June 2011]

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Does it always pay to trust the cash in your pockets?

[17th May 2011]

Chris Bowlby takes a look at the history of money and the institutions that back it

Sidney Nolan, Kelly, 1954. Reproduced by permission of the Trustees of the Sidne

Out and about in May

[3rd May 2011]

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Out and about over the royal wedding weekend

[28th April 2011]

Find out what's going on in your area over the bank holiday weekend

Out and about at Easter

[20th April 2011]

Find out what's going on around the UK over the Easter bank holiday weekend with our events and exhibitions page.

Is Gladstone’s love of wine proving bad for our health?

[12th April 2011]

Chris Bowlby traces the history behind recent government decisions to try and impose a minimum price for alcohol sales in England and Wales

Endurance in ice © SPRI, University of Cambridge

Out and about in April

[1st April 2011]

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What do you do with a bulldog burner? Classifying occupations in the British censuses, 1841–1911

[25th March 2011]

With Census Day 2011 nearly upon us, Edward Higgs reveals how Britain’s statisticians met the Herculean challenge of producing an accurate survey of the working population in the 19th century

Rome’s lost legion

[25th March 2011]

Dr Miles Russell, senior lecturer in Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology at Bournemouth University, reviews cinema blockbuster, The Eagle, which was released on 23 March

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