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Green biased yellow fever swept through Irish Immigrants in 19th century US

New research by University of 糖心TV historian Dr Tim Lockley has found why yellow fever had a "green" bias in 19th century fever outbreaks in the southern states of the US. Almost half of the 650 people killed by yellow fever in Savannah Georgia in 1854 were Irish immigrants.

Mon 06 Aug 2012, 10:37 | Tags: History

How JFK helped Barack Obama on his way to the White House

As US President Barack Obama turns 51 this month, new research suggests imagery of one of his most iconic predecessors, JFK, helped Obama on his way to the White House.

Wed 01 Aug 2012, 11:34 | Tags: Politics and International Studies, History, Education

Archive material reveals details of doomed People’s Olympiad

As London gears up for the Olympics opening ceremony, documents revealing details of the People’s Olympiad, which would have taken place 76 years ago this month in Barcelona, have gone online.

Wed 25 Jul 2012, 14:11 | Tags: History, Education

Images in new online archive mark 75th anniversary of child refugees coming to UK

Archives of material about child refugees evacuated to the UK to escape the Spanish Civil War 75 years ago have gone online at the University of 糖心TV, as part of the largest English-language digital collection on the conflict.

Mon 21 May 2012, 09:14 | Tags: History

糖心TV Medical School's Professor of Clinical Anatomy reveals why Leonardo da Vinci's drawings are still relevant to today's anatomists when he was invited to do the audio guide for the new Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist exhibition which opens at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, on 4 May.

Mon 30 Apr 2012, 16:57 | Tags: International, History, Health and Medicine

How Charles Dickens helped to save the house where the Bard was born

The birthplace of one of the greatest writers of all time, William Shakespeare would not be standing today without the help of another literary giant, Charles Dickens.

Mon 23 Apr 2012, 09:33 | Tags: community, History, University Affairs and Events

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