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Did you know that a child can be cured of the whooping cough by passing it under the belly of a donkey? The history of medicine in Britain is filled with the mo

Once again, Nigel Cawthorne takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the strange, hidden sexual history of England. The history of sex in Britain has b

Why do we: • Christen ships and sailing vessels or refer to them as ‘she’? • Avoid the number thirteen, breaking mirrors or walking under ladders? • U

What do you do when it looks like the odds were stacked against you before you were even born, when you're having trouble feeding a family that just keeps growi

A light-hearted look at some of the ailments and their cures in days gone by in old Yorkshire.