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Preview: London Review Of Books – Nov 16, 2023

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London Review of Books (LRB) – November 16, 2023: The latest issue feature The Inside Story of the NHS Infected Blood Scandal; Elizabeth Taylor’s Magic; The UK government has become increasingly hostile to Freedom of Information requests on arms, and more…

Bad Blood – ‘We’ve messed up, boys’

‘In the UK between 1970 and 1991, about 1250 people with bleeding disorders were infected with HIV (and many of them with Hepatitis C, too); by the time the Infected Blood Inquiry began, about three-quarters had died, the majority of them from HIV-related causes.

By Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite

The Poison Line: A True Story of Death, Deception and Infected Blood 
by Cara McGoogan.

Death in the Blood: The Inside Story of the NHS Infected Blood Scandal 
by Caroline Wheeler.

Elizabeth Taylor’s Magic

‘Nearly eighty years after she first starred in a film, Taylor is famous for two things: her intense screen beauty and her many marriages (eight of them, two to Richard Burton). But at least as central to her life were her close and enduring friendships with men.’

By Bee Wilson