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Why the world needs collectors

Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.

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Air of threat

Novelist Chloe Aridjis vividly describes the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico City, as a combination of topography, crowded neighbourhoods, and reckless political diktats create a downward spiral.

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Lonely bodies are hungry for more than turkey

At Christmas, many charities provide dinners for homeless or isolated people. Food is central to festive celebrations, but it can also satisfy our hunger for belonging and community.

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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean

Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.

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  • A systeme of anatomy, treating of the body of man, beasts, birds, fish, insects, and plants ... Illustrated with many schemes ... engraven in seventy four ... plates. And after every part of man's body hath been anatomically described, its diseases, cases, and cures are concisely exhibited ... / [Samuel Collins].
  • A systeme of anatomy, treating of the body of man, beasts, birds, fish, insects, and plants ... Illustrated with many schemes ... engraven in seventy four ... plates. And after every part of man's body hath been anatomically described, its diseases, cases, and cures are concisely exhibited ... / [Samuel Collins].
  • A systeme of anatomy, treating of the body of man, beasts, birds, fish, insects, and plants ... Illustrated with many schemes ... engraven in seventy four ... plates. And after every part of man's body hath been anatomically described, its diseases, cases, and cures are concisely exhibited ... / [Samuel Collins].
  • A systeme of anatomy, treating of the body of man, beasts, birds, fish, insects, and plants ... Illustrated with many schemes ... engraven in seventy four ... plates. And after every part of man's body hath been anatomically described, its diseases, cases, and cures are concisely exhibited ... / [Samuel Collins].
  • A systeme of anatomy, treating of the body of man, beasts, birds, fish, insects, and plants ... Illustrated with many schemes ... engraven in seventy four ... plates. And after every part of man's body hath been anatomically described, its diseases, cases, and cures are concisely exhibited ... / [Samuel Collins].
  • A voyage to the islands, Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things described, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life / By Hans Sloane.
  • A voyage to the islands, Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things described, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life / By Hans Sloane.
  • Spirochetes of fowl spirochetosis at 1000X (above) and 2000X (below) magnification. Coloured process print after R.D. Muir.
  • A doctor administers an enema to a dog; other bandaged animals sit nearby. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.
  • The blinding of Tobit by bird-droppings falling on his eyes. Woodcut by M. van Heemskerck.
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