Food, Drink and the Maintenance of Health

How did people in the past decide what to eat and what not to? What factors shaped their decisions? How did they

Past & Present: Diabetes

In this episode we uncover the history of diabetes and its treatment, starting with Ancient Egypt and Greece and

Andrew Duncan: Georgian mental health and public health campaigner

Andrew Duncan was a remarkably prolific and philanthropic

History of Condoms

In this talk Dr Kate Stephenson explores the strange and

Grief and the Pandemic

In this talk Prof Michael Cholbi explores the medical and

FOOD: Recipe or Remedy Exhibition Launch

In two short talks we look at the past and present of food

Scotland's History of Medicinal Plants

This talk explores historical medicinal uses of plants and

Dr Thomas Brown, Inventor of the Emotions

Speaker: Professor Thomas Dixon, Queen Mary University of