Christmas and the Victorian Medical Press The release of The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) – a film which tells the story of how Charles Dickens penned A Christmas Carol in 1843 – has reignited the popular myth that the Victorians ‘created’ the festive season. 19 Dec 2017
Season's Greetings The “Diseases of Modern Life” team wishes all its readers and colleagues a very happy Christmas and a healthy and successful New Year. 23 Dec 2014
The Disorder of Spoiled Children I’m sure the old platitude that ‘Christmas comes earlier every year’ is true. 18 Nov 2014
The Proof is in the Pudding: A Bah! Humbug! Victorian Christmas ‘He is an utter and bombastic fraud. He rolls spluttering and crackling onto the English dinner-table at Yuletide, a sprig of English holly cocked jauntily in his cap, well nigh bursting his rotund body in swaggering sham patriotism.’ 23 Dec 2017