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.

Category Archives: World War 1

My Path To Rome 2

Priest: “May I ask if you are a Catholic?”
Myself: “No, Father, I’m not.”
Priest: “Then God help you, for you are in a parlous state.”
Myself: “What do you mean?”
Priest: “I mean that you are a man who sees the truth and refuses to act on it.”

1 October 2021 · Leave a comment

In Search of Truth 3

This is the third instalment of Dr. Sutherland’s religious journey as told in A Time To Keep (1934). In my case, with the University came emancipation from the religion of … Continue reading

1 June 2021 · Leave a comment

Lunch

Dr Sutherland recollects how a deplorable insult led to a Garganturan feast aboard the Lysistrata. One night there was news of local interest. A Russian armed yacht had anchored in … Continue reading

1 August 2018 · Leave a comment

Race breeders

  “There are some self-styled eugenists—…race breeders with the souls of cattle-breeders—who declaim that the prevention of disease is not in itself a good thing. They say the efficiency of … Continue reading

22 February 2018 · Leave a comment

The invasion of England

  Dr. Halliday Sutherland tells of the events in Deal and at Walmer Castle, Kent in 1916: At Deal I assisted in the defence against the invasion of England. No news … Continue reading

1 July 2016 · Leave a comment

The Bombing of Deal 2

This is the second installment of Dr. Sutherland’s account of aerial raids on Deal, Kent one hundred years ago. The Zeppelins, on their way to London, came at night, and the only warning we … Continue reading

1 March 2016 · 1 Comment

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 … Continue reading

1 February 2016 · Leave a comment

mediadiversified.org article

I read an interesting article on the site Media Diversified. It’s called Exhibition review: The white washing of Marie Stopes’ eugenicist beliefs by Dana Khalil Ahmad.  As the title suggests, it was a reflection … Continue reading

1 November 2015 · Leave a comment

Malthus, Malthusianism, Neo-Malthusianism 2

This article examines the Neo-Malthusians. A Neo-Malthusian shared the Malthusian belief that: “The Power of population is so superior to the power of the Earth to produce the subsistence for man, that premature … Continue reading

9 June 2015 · Leave a comment

Mutiny!

This post continues on from “Tuesday, 4th August 2014” below. One hundred years ago this month, Dr Halliday Sutherland was serving in the Royal Navy on the RMS Empress of … Continue reading

15 August 2014 · Leave a comment

Stopes v Sutherland libel trial 1922-24

Centenary of the House of Lords judgment21 November 2024
6 months to go.

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