Month: February 2016
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“The Trial of Marie Stopes”
Sunday, February 21, 2016 marked the 93rd Anniversary of the opening of the Stopes v. Sutherland trial in the High Court of Justice on 21st February 1923 (the “Birth Control Libel Trial”). The case arose when Dr Marie Stopes sued Dr Halliday Sutherland for libel. There were three main hearings in the dispute: In the High Court of Justice,…
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The Bombing of Deal 1
This article is in two installments: the first today (1st February) and the second on 1st March. February 20th 2016 marks the centenary of the events described below. An earlier post of this blog covered the outbreak of the First World War and Dr. Sutherland’s posting to The Empress of Britain in 1914. At the…