Sewage, corruption and eels in the u-bend – a dark history of the Thames
Private greed and public filth collide in Nick Higham's The Mercenary River, a superbly malodorous history of the London's great waterway
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Private greed and public filth collide in Nick Higham's The Mercenary River, a superbly malodorous history of the London's great waterway
<strong>Louize Small</strong> | What is commonly assumed as settled history may be the result of modern medical propaganda.
The authors identify capitalism's decay as assuming forms of the prevention of communism. These - notably stalinism and social-democracy - are entirely dependent on capital as well as being its guarantors on a world scale. Yet resting neither upon the law of value nor on that of planning, they are inherently unstable and contain no dynamic towards transition. From Radical Chains no.1.
We expect clean streets and long lives in the developed Western world, where health care programs and disease prevention comprise a thriving industry. But
Calls for post-Covid 'revolution' in building air quality By David Shukman image copyrightGetty Images Dozens of the world's top experts in how diseases spread have called for big improvements to the air in buildings. They say current rules on ventilation are failing to stop infections, including Covid-19. The problem is likened to the health crisis caused by contaminated water in Britain's cities in the 1800s. The appeal comes amid growing evidence that the coronavirus is often transmitted via infectious aerosols in crowded indoor spaces. Writing in the journal Science, the scientists and ...