Battling bubonic plague

A child in Liverpool has died after catching measles, and cases across the UK are on the rise. Dr C describes the symptoms and how to protect your family

The statistics are terrifying. The burial entries in most parish registers from the 18th and 19th centuries show an appallingly high rate of infant and child mortality. Looking at some registers recen

For about a decade I was convinced I was mortally ill. The identity of my illness changed several times, but the fear was always the same: in short, that I was dying; that I had some dreadful and no d

In AD 897, Pope Formosus was put on trial for the crimes of perjury, coveting the papacy and violating canon law by holding more than one bishopric at a time. In truth, the whole thing was a spectacle

How a lethal mixture of arrogance, fear and blind faith condemned millions of Chinese to death

Crushed by a snowplough On New Year’s Day ...