Stories
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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How do advertisers get inside our heads?
Vance Packard exposed techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s advertisers that are still at work today in the age of big data.
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St. Mary's Church, Oxford, Jan. 30, 1800. Verse anthem composed by Mr. Kent.
Kent, Mr., Writer of Anthems.Date: 1800]- Books
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Bond's Anthems.
Bond, Hugh, approximately 1710-1792.Date: 1794- Books
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An anthem selected from the psalms; And an ode written by Pope; set to music by William Jackson of Exeter. Opera Quinta.
Jackson, William, 1730-1803.Date: [1766]- Books
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Sacred harmony in parts consisting of a choice collection of anthems, and other Church Services, Selected from the Works of Doctors Boyce, Croft, & Green, Messrs. Blake, Bond, Clark, Kent, King, Purcel, Travers &c. The Whole Judiciously Arranged and Adapted for the Use of Societys & Practitioners in General, By Robert Willoughby.
Date: [1799]- Books
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A Te Deum and jubilate, with two anthems, from the Italian.
Sheldonian Theatre.Date: 1772]