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Lesley A. Hall

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Due to changes in the system relating to honorary appointments at UCL, my existing Honorary Associate Professorship will not be renewed this September. I haven't been getting a lot of email traffic at my ucl.ac.uk address, but this will be going away.

However, in more cheerful news, I have been awarded an Institute of Historical Research Non-Stipendiary Fellowship for 2025/6!

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	Sex, Gender and Social Change in Britain since 1880 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden Anxieties: Male Sexuality, 1900–1950 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outspoken Women: An Anthology of Women's Writing on Sex, 1870-1969 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naomi Mitchison: A Profile of Her Life and Work 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life and Times of Stella Browne: Feminist and Free Spirit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex, Sin and Suffering: Venereal Disease and European Society since 1870 by Lesley A. Hall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Roger Davidson (Editor) 1.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex and the Gender Revolution, Volume One: Heterosexuality and the Third Gender in Enlightenment London.(Review) (book review): An article from: Canadian Journal of History 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pragmatic Randomised Control Trial of Outreach Visiting as a Strategy to Implement Guidelines for the Eradication of Helicobacter Pylori Primary Care, ... 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Listening to Clinicians: Using a Qualitative Approach to Explore Factors Which Influence the Uptake of New Evidence by Health Care Professionals by Lesley A. Hall (Goodreads Author), Martin Eccles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Case Study of an Inter-professional and Inter-organisational Programme to Adapt, Implement and Evaluate Clinical Guidelines for the Risk Assessment and ... by Lesley A. Hall (Goodreads Author), Martin Eccles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Lathe of Heaven

by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Pointed Roofs: Pilgrimage, Volume 1

by Dorothy M. Richardson

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Diary at the Centre of the Earth: Vol. 1 (1997-2007)

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“He said, 'I like to see some spirit in my women. I like spunk and the fire in the eye. A woman like that is worth having,' but that was before I kicked him in the groin.”
― Carol Emshwiller, Joy In Our Cause: Short Stories

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