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Date Time How Anzacs treated lice in trenches with poetry and their own brand of medicine We think we know a lot about Australian and New Zealand soldiers’ health in the first world war. Many books, novels and television programs speak of wounds and war doctors, documenting the work of both Anzac nations’ medical corps. Author Honorary Postdoctoral Associate, Macquarie University Often these histories begin with front-line doctors – known as regimental medical officers – who first...

Glasgow Life announces opening dates of more than 90 venues after lockdown Crocuses at the entrance to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow (Andrew Milligan/PA) Glasgow Life has announced the opening dates of more than 90 of its venues, as coronavirus lockdown restrictions ease. Venues including Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Riverside Museum and the Emirates Arena will reopen on Monday April 26. The Mitchell Library will welcome people again the following day, with other site...

A PLAN to reopen some of the citys much-loved public buildings in the wake of the lifting of lockdown restrictions has been unveiled. Glasgow Life has outlined the dates it expects more than 90 venues to open, subject to local infection rates and Glasgow being in, or below, level three of the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 protection levels. The charity has already reopened 10 libraries and 14 outdoor sports venues including pitches, tennis, and bowls facilities, in line with ongoing Go...

BBC News Published image captionKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum will reopen with social distancing measures in place Glasgows Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Riverside Museum, Emirates Arena and other public buildings are set to reopen from 26 April. Glasgow Life has announced opening dates for more than 90 city venues over the following weeks. The charity, which delivers culture and leisure services for Glasgow City Council, said visitor numbers would be restricted due to social distancing. The mo...

Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart and novelists Maggie O’Farrell and Kate Mosse are among those appearing at a book festival which is moving online this year. The Aye Write festival, usually held at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow in March, was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic and postponed this year due to the ongoing restrictions. It will now take place online over two weekends in May and will feature more than 100 writers from Scotland and around the world. The line-up also includes ...

THERE is a consensus among historians that the King and the Archbishop of Glasgow did not initially intend to execute John Ogilvie. But the Jesuit priest - Scotland’s only canonised Catholic martyr - could not help himself during questioning, and on March 10, 1615 he was convicted of high treason at the Tolbooth and hanged on the same day at Glasgow Cross. John Ogilvie (1579-1615) claimed to be from a noble family in the North East and to have been raised as a Protestant. He was educa...

Something is just not right: New Haven mayor on tax-exempt property hitting $8.5 billion in city FacebookTwitterEmail 2of6 The entrance to Yale Universitys Old Campus across from the New Haven Green photographed on February 9, 2021.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 The entrance to Yale Universitys Old Campus across from the New Haven Green photographed on February 9, 2021.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 5of6 Davenport College at Yale Uni...

By Barbara Neilson of Glasgow City Archives Rosss Dairies 1930. Pic: Glasgow City Archives Do you remember getting a cake from the City Bakeries? Did you buy sweets from Birrell’s, or an ice cream from Ross’s Dairies? What about fresh fruit from Lipton’s or Malcolm Campbell’s? Although these shops have now disappeared from Glasgow’s streets, they were once common sights in the city. Photographs of shop fronts are among ou...

Updated 10:39 a.m. Within the next two weeks, Milwaukee plans to vaccinate all educators living or working in the city who want a shot. The Milwaukee

‘I will be outside picketing’: New Haven residents decry possible library closure, loss of other services FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedInRedditPinterest Photo: Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media NEW HAVEN — The Mitchell Branch Library, located in the heart of the city’s Westville section, “has been a lifeline” for Westville resident Katie Lancaster and her family — including her soon to be 1-year-old pandemic baby, Hazel — this past year. She, like fellow Westville residents Ju...