Halliday Sutherland

"A born writer, especially a born story-teller. Dr. Sutherland, who is distinguished in medicine, is an amateur in the sense that he only writes when he has nothing better to do. But when he does, it could hardly be done better." G.K. Chesterton.

Monthly Archives: April, 2015

The disagreeable butler

In 1960, Halliday Sutherland was 77 years old. He had lung cancer and was in the final months of his life. My father Ian, the fourth son of Halliday and Muriel, visited them. … Continue reading →

15 April 2015 · Leave a comment
Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library

Stopes v. Sutherland in a single object

This object was at the centre of the so-called Birth Control Libel Trial between Marie Stopes and Halliday Sutherland of 1923: The rubber cervical cap was supplied at cost, and fitted free of … Continue reading →

2 April 2015 · 3 Comments

Stopes v Sutherland libel trial 1922-24

Centenary of the Court of Appeal's judgment7 July 2023
28 days to go.

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