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Before the NHS, getting sick in Britain was never just a medical problem. It was a financial risk, a moral judgement, and often a matter of luck. For much of British history, medical care was fragmented, unequal, and uncertain. Doctors were expensive. Hospitals were limited. Treatment depended on class, location, and the ability to pay. For millions, illness meant lost wages, debt, or the workhouse, and for many, no care at all. In the absence of universal healthcare, people turned to whatever help they could find. Home remedies were passed down through families. Herbal cures and folk ...

Victorian Britain lived in close and constant contact with death. Disease, accident, and high infant mortality meant that dying was a familiar part of everyday life. Death did not take place behind hospital doors, but in bedrooms and parlours, witnessed by families and neighbours. Grief was not hidden. It was regulated, ritualised, and woven into daily behaviour. This book explores how Victorians understood and dealt with death. It examines the customs surrounding dying at home, the preparation and viewing of the body, and the elaborate mourning practices that governed dress, behaviour, and...

When Britain sent its children away during the Second World War, it believed it was acting to save them. More than a million boys and girls were evacuated from cities judged vulnerable to bombing, labelled, placed on trains, and billeted with strangers in the countryside. For many, this was presented as a temporary measure, a short disruption before a safe return home. For thousands of children, that return never truly came. Britain’s Wartime Evacuees examines evacuation not as a nostalgic wartime episode, but as a profound social intervention whose consequences reached far beyond 1945. ...

What happened after the world stopped watching? On the night of 14 April 1912, the Titanic sank into the North Atlantic. The story is familiar, But what followed is not. Life After Titanic is a Hidden Histories Special Edition that turns away from the moment of disaster and follows the lives left behind, survivors, crew, and families whose futures were permanently reshaped by the most famous shipwreck in history. This book traces what happened after the lifeboats were lowered. Survivors who returned home changed, silent, or stigmatised. Crew members questioned, blamed, or quietly dismissed....

In 1948, Britain invited its empire to rebuild the “mother country.” Thousands answered the call. They arrived legally, proudly, and full of hope, men and women from the Caribbean who came to work, to serve, and to belong. They filled shortages in transport, hospitals, factories, and public services. They paid taxes, raised families, and helped shape post-war Britain. Yet decades later, many were told they did not belong. This book traces the hidden history of the Windrush generation, from arrival and settlement to exclusion, surveillance, and betrayal. It explores how welcome turned ...

For centuries in Britain, love itself could be illegal. Men were arrested not for harming others, but for who they loved, or were suspected of loving. Careers were destroyed by rumours. Families were torn apart by shame. Prison, hard labour, and medical “treatment” awaited those caught by laws that were deliberately vague and relentlessly enforced. This is the hidden history of how homosexuality became a crime in Britain and what that crime truly meant. From the Tudor-era death penalty to Victorian moral panic, from police entrapment in parks and public toilets to courtroom humiliation ...

This special audiobook edition of the Lectures on Faith from Zion's Camp Books has been prepared especially with you in mind. It is narrated as a book, rather than with chapter and verse numbers as in the print edition. This will give you the greatest enjoyment as you listen to the words of the prophets and learn about faith.

Some women create life. Others take it.Murderess Podcast is a deep dive into the darkest minds of female killers—women who betrayed trust, shattered lives, and rewrote the definition of horror. From infamous cases to lesser-known crimes, each episode unravels the psychology, motive, and chilling details behind their deadly choices.Hosted by Sidney Smith—national touring comedian, director, writer, and podcaster—Murderess Podcast blends immersive storytelling, in-depth research, and raw insight into the women who kill.A Laugh Local Network production.🔪 New episodes released every week....

Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America, brings timely updates, powerful note-taking and workflow techniques, and interesting conversations for getting more done with Evernote.

The show about all things productivity

The podcast show about helping Small Business market and manage on the Web and beyond

A virtual reading group that meets to discuss books in the personal productivity genre. We also publish book reviews by Ray Sidney-Smith and Dr. Frank Buck.

The Podcast of Personal Productivity Lessons in Two Minutes or Less

Each week, CEO of W3 Consulting and Managing Director of W3C Web Services Ray Sidney-Smith broadcasts live to update you on the latest small business digital marketing, productivity and security technology updates you need to be effective. Come with your Small Business digital marketing and related questions! For future Web and Beyond Live streams, use https://webandbeyondlive.com to find the latest, upcoming event!

A virtual reading discussion club for personal productivity enthusiasts.

Web and BeyondCast is a podcast show where we discuss and guide Small Business on the ins and outs of marketing and managing on the Web, Mobile, Social Media and beyond. Hosted by Digital Marketing Strategist and Google Small Business Advisor for Productivity Ray Sidney-Smith, the show covers all things related digital marketing and productivity, along with other technology (including the occasional reminder about cybersecurity), for Small Business. About Ray Sidney-Smith I thought it might be a good idea to tell you a little bit about myself since we’ll be spending so much time together. ...

SGLC is a group of friends who get together and talk about random topics.Come along on this journey as we chat.