The Litri and Manuelito 2
This is the second part of the story of The Litri and Manuelito from The Arches of The Years by Dr. Halliday Sutherland. My attention was distracted from the bull’s eyes by what … Continue reading
The Litri and Manuelito 1
Dr. Sutherland’s 1946 Spanish Journey (see previous post) was not his first visit: he had visited at the turn of the twentieth century. It was then that he had tried bull-fighting. …I spoke … Continue reading
Spanish Journey
In August 1946, Halliday Sutherland travelled to Spain at the invitation of the Spanish Government—why did he go? As he explained in the beginning of Spanish Journey: A communist sent me to … Continue reading
Biography Online
Marie Stopes biography is an article on the Biography Online website. This article, on the other hand, is about Dr Halliday Sutherland and in it, I comment on how Dr Sutherland is … Continue reading
allday.com article
The “History” section of allday.com recently published this article: “In 1918, She Taught The Public How To Actually Enjoy Sex With Her Scandalous Book” by Jennifer Wirth Jennifer Wirth’s article … Continue reading
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
atlasobscura.com
The “Roman Catholic doctor” three-word bio persists in this article on atlasobscura.com: How a 1918 author introduced the world to the concept of female pleasure. I contacted the website to make my … Continue reading
Secret admirers
It is interesting to note that some contemporary writers about Marie Stopes sometimes signal that they are disturbed by her eugenic beliefs. For example: Tom Nash wrote of her “troubling interest in eugenics” (The … Continue reading
Consumption Dispensary
One of the aims of this website is to make the Halliday Sutherland archive accessible to a wider audience, including to historians and journalists. Some of the documents published uniquely here include Dr. … Continue reading
A return to Arcadia
Halliday Sutherland wrote in a style that at first sight appears to be economical, yet it is also very evocative. The example given here is Dr. Sutherland’s description of his return to “Arcadia”. I made a pilgrimage two summers … Continue reading
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