Jason and the Adventure of 254
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes at look at Wellcome Collection’s latest exhibition Jason and the Adventure of 254, an artist’s joyful exploration of becoming disabled as a...
Tag: London
Polio booster campaign
Polio booster campaign: Last month an unvaccinated man in Rockland county, New York contracted and became parylised by Poliomyelitis (Polio). This was the first recorded...
Air quality in London has improved
Air quality in London has improved but the ULEZ had only a small effect, finds study. London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) reduced the city’s...
Heat wave by British Pathe
How Londoners coped with a Heat Wave back in 1952.
The price of sight loss
Sight loss costs London’s economy £6.4 billion, around £750 per Londoner, per year, according to a new report Eye Health- preventing sight loss in London,...
Pollution levels in 1960s London
If you think pollution is bad in London now, just take a look at what Londoners were forced to breathe into their lungs in the...
A Sabbatical in Italy
Rigoletto was the catalyst. It had been 12 years since I last lived in Italy and sitting in Covent Garden listening to this opera, I...
