| 'And in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon' (Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel) |
[Updating this, realise it's very out of date!] What I sometimes used feel like, as a full-time professional archivist [now retired], actively publishing historian in several overlapping fields [still doing this], would-be writer of science fiction and fantasy [not so much, moving into other areas], cook.... with never enough time to keep up with general reading [about the same, really]. |
I created the initial version of these pages in late December 1998, to reflect my interests in the history of gender and sexuality, feminist science fiction and fantasy, and as a professional archivist (at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, subsequently the Wellcome Library, for many years) and addicted acquirer of books: see 'Contents' below. Since then I've been expanding and updating them to provide what I hope is a useful information resource for people who are interested in the same sorts of things. The site includes a number of my own reviews and Recommended Reading [these are not really being updated but may be of historical interest], unpublished papers on various topics, material on women and medicine, and a women's history walk round Bloomsbury, as well as possibly the only place on the entire Web [probably not, anymore, but maybe one of the earliest] where you can find instructions on how to make sheepgut condoms, and other interesting condom facts and pictures. Plus The Clitoris: historical myths and facts, andLiterary abortion . And,
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
| History of sexuality | Women's history | Stella Browne | Science Fiction and Fantasy |
| Archival Matters | Books | Quirky Stuff |
| Victoriana | Interwar Progressives | Random links of interest |
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