Audiobook excerpts of Exterminating Poverty
You may enoy listening to audiobook excerpts of Exterminating Poverty: The true story of the eugenic plan to get rid of the poor, and the Scottish doctor who fought against … Continue reading
Merry Christmas!
To the friends and supporters of hallidaysutherland.com – Merry Christmas! One-hundred years ago, Halliday, Muriel, Jane, John and Peter Sutherland spent their Christmas with the Damoclean sword of the Stopes … Continue reading
The Ampleforth Journal’s review of “Exterminating Poverty”
I was very pleased to read a positive review of Exterminating Poverty in The Ampleforth Journal. How population growth and poverty interrelate remains hotly contested. This absorbing study of a … Continue reading
Stand to!
This 220th article comes nine years after the first was published on 6 April 2014. Back then, there was little or no information about Dr Halliday Sutherland on the Internet … Continue reading
Stopes v. Sutherland libel trial: What happened next?
Dr Halliday Sutherland’s legal victory in the High Court was short-lived. Stopes appealed and the Court of Appeal reversed the decision of the High Court in July 1923. Dr Sutherland … Continue reading
Stopes v. Sutherland libel trial – Day Five.
There was one witness on the fifth day: Sir Maurice Abbott Anderson, appearing for the defence. The rest of the day belonged to barristers appearing for the parties: they agreed … Continue reading
Stopes v. Sutherland libel trial – Day Four.
The only witness to appear for Stopes on the fourth day of Stopes v. Sutherland was the Rt. Hon George Roberts M.P. Roberts approach to the cross-examination was to not answer … Continue reading
Stopes v. Sutherland libel trial – Day Three.
The third day began with the witnesses for the plaintiff, before switching to witnesses for the defence. Sir William Bayliss was the best for Stopes: his prestige was well-known to all … Continue reading
Stopes v. Sutherland libel trial – Day Two.
The highlight of the second day of the Stopes v Sutherland libel trial was the appearance of Dr. Marie Stopes in the witness box. Her testimony lasted for over three hours, … Continue reading
Stopes v. Sutherland libel trial – Day One.
The pleadings were read aloud to the Court, following which Mr Patrick Hastings K.C. opened the trial for the plaintiff. He portrayed Dr Stopes as a charitable scientist who, motivated … Continue reading