The Mental Patients Union (MPU), in the early 1970s, could probably be seen as the first service user involvement movement.… READ MORE
OK, not sure how we got this down as happening on March 20th; twas August. Our proofreaders have been sent… READ MORE
19th March 1987: Winston Silcott, Engin Raghip and Mark Braithwaite convicted of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during the… READ MORE
Bartholomew Legate or Legatt, dealer in cloth, and his two brothers, Walter and Thomas, from Essex, were active in and… READ MORE
William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, was the effective head of the English government in the late 1440s. The… READ MORE
Ibrahima Sey, a Gambian asylum seeker, died in the early hours of Saturday 16th March 1996, after having been taken… READ MORE
In the 1990s, a wave of panic against the mentally ill was sparked by a very small number of highly… READ MORE
“Last night, the prisoners in the Gatehouse rose in the absence of the head turnkey, rushed upon the deputy turnkey,… READ MORE
During the 18th century, more and more families in Britain came to earn a living from industrial work rather than… READ MORE
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~ Rogers Hornsby
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