Researching a humble nurse’s story I came across the origins of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’, Sherlock Holmes’ most famous case.
Category: Local/labour history
Christmas cheer at Glenside Hospital
A Christmassy column for the December 2021 edition of Fishponds Voice, illustrating the yuletide antics of staff at Glenside Psychiatric Hospital
A far cry from luxury
Unexpurgated version of my latest column for Fishponds Voice features Stapleton Workhouse
Wellness windows that shed light on a hospital museum
To kick off a new series on local history for Bristol’s Fishponds Voice I focus on the chapel that houses Glenside Hospital Museum
WILTON’S FOR THE EAST END: The untold story
As Chair of Stepney’s Half Moon Theatre in the 1970s I was witness to an extraordinary chapter in its history.