#SteveReviews: Monsters of God
If you know much about the reptile pet trade, you will be aware that it has an illegal and upsetting dark side. Eric Goode’s Monsters of God is an uncomfortable documentary series because its subject is simultaneously fascinating, disturbing and…
#MuseumMonday: Reviewing The Postal Museum and London’s postal heritage
There are few institutions in Britain whose history is so deeply woven into everyday life as the Post Office. For centuries, the postal system has connected people, businesses, governments and communities, carrying letters, parcels, newspapers, money and information across the…
#StevesLibrary: Top 10 Books on Genetics and Genomics
Genetics and genomics have changed dramatically from the days when genes were viewed largely as fixed units of inheritance that determined particular characteristics. The discovery of DNA, the structure of the genome and the completion of the Human Genome Project…
#MuseumMonday: A quick visit to the Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre
A couple of months ago now, I visited the Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre with a few friends of mine, one of which whom is a volunteer at the Museum. The Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre is a small but…
#SciFri: A Body of Knowledge at the Royal College of Physicians
As you may have seen from the recently #MuseumMonday post, I visited the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Museum, which is located in in Regent’s Park. While I was there, I visited the temporary exhibition A Body of Knowledge which…
#MuseumMonday: What is the Royal College of Physicians Museum?
The medical history rabbit hole continues! Where have I been this time you may ask? Well, the Royal College of Physicians Museum which to me is one of the most intellectually rich and compact, yet understated museums in Britain. It…
#StevesLibrary: Top 10 Books on Medical History
The history of medicine is, in many ways, the history of humanity’s attempts to understand the biological causes of disease and to intervene when things go wrong. From ancient systems of healing based on observation, traditional knowledge and ideas such…
#MuseumMonday: Timeline of exhibitions at the British Library
The British Library is perhaps best known as one of the world’s great repositories of books, manuscripts and historical documents, but its collections also provide a remarkable window into the natural world and our understanding of it. Across its history,…
#StevesLibrary: The Lives of Snakes – A Natural History of the World’s Snakes
Who is ready for another book review? The Lives of Snakes: A Natural History of the World’s Snakes by Chris Mattison is an ambitious and beautifully presented exploration of one of the most misunderstood groups of animals on Earth. Written…
#SciFri: When frogs were used as pregnancy tests
Long before lateral flow pregnancy tests became a routine purchase in pharmacies or supermarkets, confirming a pregnancy was a slow, uncertain, and often expensive process. During the early twentieth century, physicians relied on indirect signs and symptoms or laboratory tests…
