Britain's National Health Service began on 5 July 1948, bringing free healthcare to everyone. Its origins lay in the 1942 Beveridge Report, which set out to tackle five "great evils", including disease. After Labour's landslide in 1945, Aneurin Bevan, a miner's son, was told to create the service. Before it, care was uneven and often depended on ability to pay or on charity. Many doctors opposed the plan, but Bevan won them over, in part, he said, by "stuffing their mouths with gold". The NHS is funded from taxation and free at the point of use.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.