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- Book extract
A doctor, his community and coronavirus
| Gavin FrancisKieran Dodds
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
- Article
- Article
The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
| Anna Faherty
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
- Book extract
- Book extract
Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
| Jill BurkeSteven Pocock
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.