PinnedDr Richard SuggMummies, Cannibals and Vampires: The History of Corpse Medicine from the Middle Ages to the Falun…One thing we are rarely taught at school is this: James I refused corpse medicine; Charles II made his own corpse medicine; and Charles I…Jul 11, 2023Jul 11, 2023
Dr Richard SuggJohn Donne in Necropolis’Tis the year’s midnight, and it is the day’s,Aug 17, 2023Aug 17, 2023
Dr Richard SuggTalking Dirty: A History of Disgust from Jesus Christ to Boris JohnsonIntroductionAug 13, 2023Aug 13, 2023
Dr Richard SuggVoodoo Death. Can you really die of terror?Writing my book, The Real Vampires, I plunged into spirals of strangeness and terror much darker and weirder than any film or fiction. In…Aug 3, 2023Aug 3, 2023
Dr Richard SuggDonald Muck: the Most Disgusting and Most Disgusted President in US History. Part One.Writing a book on disgust for seven years, you learn a thing or two about this powerful emotion. People with lower disgust thresholds are…Jul 15, 2023Jul 15, 2023
Dr Richard SuggThe War of the Worlds: Religion, Refugees and Social Class 125 years on.The War of the Worlds: Religion, Refugees and Social Class 125 years onJul 12, 2023Jul 12, 2023