THIS paper begins by surveying the state of biochemical knowledge at the turn of the century. It then records how in 1902 the first British Chair of Biochemistry was founded. It goes on to describe some contributions to the subject made at Liverpool prior to the 1939-1945 war and notes that many of these advances were made by people trained in other disciplines. Finally some highlights from a s...

Editors’ Note: The following speech, shared by Colonel Moar’s grandson, offers reflections from a Canadian WWII Veteran the North Shore Regiment, who thoughtfully illustrated complexities of armed conflict, humanity that exists amid extreme contexts, and lasting impacts moral dilemmas arise, especially in relation to children. Moar remained steadfast his service for peaceful world was greatly r...

Two decades ago, ‘1971’ was deemed to not have a market within Indian publishing houses and media outlets. Yet, one is struck by the contemporary focus on iconic figure of Birangona – brave women, title given State Bangladesh women raped Pakistani army their Bengali non-Bengali collaborators during war 1971. It important engage with public memory wartime sexual violence 1971 beyond horrific con...