The occasion of the presentation of the eighth Gordon Holmes Yet I also feel a sense of sadness; the invitation to present the lecture came from the late Anita Harding who, such a short Lecture left me feeling both honoured and awed, as a result of my review of the Selected Papers of Gordon Holmes (Phillips time before her illness, gave me personal guidance and encouragement. In this lecture I ...

Sir Gordon Holmes is one of the great figures in the history of twentienth century neurology. In him, there came together the traditions of German and British neurology which moulded a physiological approach to normal and disordered function of the nervous system with a commitment to interpreting clinical phenomena in the light of meticulous pathological examination. He, more than any other ind...

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Holmes on Homes is a Canadian home improvement television program and the centrepiece of HGTV (Home and Garden Television), featuring Mike Holmes as the series’ star contractor and host. This paper argues that by looking back at earlier incarnations of film and television melodrama, we can determine the way in which Holmes on Homes reinvents the home improvement subgenre. By playing out reality...