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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
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Plant portraits
| Julia Nurse
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
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Blood
| Helen FosterEast Midlands Oral History ArchiveAsma Istwani
Discover the history, mythology and taboos around blood and menopause, and hear from some contemporary voices about their experiences of periods and the onset of menopause.
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Western magic’s fascination with the foreigner
| Shelley Angelie SaggarThomas S G Farnetti
Could modern magic shows be perpetuating damaging cultural stereotypes? Shelley Saggar shows how ‘exotic’ costumes and imagery are far from harmless fun.