THE NEW WORKHOUSE AT BRIGHTON.

Memories of the workhouse.

I trained as a doctor at the Middlesex Hospital, close to the centre of London. When it was built in the eighteenth century, the Middlesex was on the very edge of the city, in open fields, but London swallowed it up and then extended a huge distance beyond. The hospital found itself close to the capital’s main shopping streets and private medical consulting rooms. It became a leading national c...

20th Anniversary Congress of the World Muscle Society, Brighton 2015: Brighton Belle with Biceps Brachii.

painting entitled “A New Rhythm” by contemporary British artist, Richard White. This intricate and dynamic mix of colour and pattern will no doubt fire their inspiration for new ideas as they gaze upon it in contemplation. Now, however, was not the time for quiet contemplation. Muscle party animals bounded onto the dance floor as the band Big Mama Funk turned up the volume and blasted out their...

‘Where is the Fault?’: The Starvation of Edward Cooper at the Isle of Wight Workhouse in 1877

Edward Cooper was a disabled pauper who died of starvation in a workhouse ‘idiot’ ward. His neglect was the result of systemic problems, exacerbated by policy, and the poor law’s free market approach to employing doctors in this period. In the 1870s community care came under assault from a policy that is known to historians as the ‘crusade against outdoor relief’. Though it sought to target ‘id...

"Mental Deficiency": A Misnomer? *Address given at Annual Meeting of the Guardianship Society, Brighton May 1953

means "a private person", that is to say, "one not holding public office". I felt quite safe in giving you that definition today as there are so many holders of public office among my hosts that they, at least, can sit back comfortably and congratulate themselves on being by definition outside the scope of the term. Once the Welfare State has made civil servants of us all, of course, there will...

Urban Sound Planning in Brighton and Hove