World Population Day is all about raising awareness of controlling the population and serves to highlight the growing problems that come with a growing global population. World Population Day was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development … Continue reading
If you’ve used our website or searched our resources lately, you may well have spotted this shiny new icon: This is there as we’re currently trialling an instant webchat service, provided by LibraryH3lp. The service has been running for about … Continue reading
31 May 2023 is World No Tobacco day. While much has been written about the harmful effects of using tobacco and public health interventions to combat this, the theme this year moves to the growing of tobacco, hence the slogan … Continue reading
These take place on:Tues 30th May 15:00 to 17:00Weds 31th May 09:30 to 11:30Fri12nd June 13:00 to 15:00 Mon 19th June 13:00 to 15:00Tues 20th June 09:30 to 11:30Weds 21st June 15:00 to 17:00 All the above session are the … Continue reading
When my sister died over the Christmas period last year, I was left with a sense of guilt at the memory of our last encounters. She had asked constantly for me to accompany her to the theatre to watch The … Continue reading
The Red Cross is part of the world’s largest humanitarian network, with Red Cross and Crescent teams working in 192 countries. Using combined resources they respond together in the event of disasters and emergencies. Red Cross Week ties in with … Continue reading
World Book and Copyright Day is a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. Each year, on 23 April, activities take place all over the world to recognize the scope of books, linking the past and future, and … Continue reading
To mark International Women’s Day, I have put together a display of books authored or edited by a range of female staff and alumni of LSHTM. Among others there are Sari Kovats, Dina Balabanova, Virginia Berridge, Ann Mills and Anna … Continue reading
Bascombe’s ‘A History of Epidemic Pestilences from the earliest ages 1495 years before the birth of our Saviour to 1848’, is a historical account of diseases around the world. Since there was no concept of germ theory, no one understood … Continue reading
The work is divided into two parts. Part One marshals behavioral and morphological evidence to argue that humans evolved from other animals. Darwin shows that human mental and emotional capacities, far from making human beings unique, are evidence of an … Continue reading