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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas

Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.

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The significance of safe spaces as refuges from racism

Beer writer David Jesudason discusses the impact racism has had on his mental health, and the consolation offered by pubs that feel truly safe.

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When monarchs healed the sick

Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.

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Female masturbation and the perils of pleasure

Dr Kate Lister exposes the brutal 19th-century ‘cures’ for women who indulged in masturbation.

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  • Brown's iron bitters : the best tonic / Brown Chemical Co.
  • Brown's iron bitters : the best tonic / Brown Chemical Co.
  • Brown's Iron Bitters.
  • John Brown. Photograph.
  • Brown's iron bitters : quality not quantity, purity : the best tonic / [Brown Chemical Co.].
  • William Brown, J.P., and Andrew Brown, (of Glasgow?): studio portrait. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Dr Brown (?). Photograph.
  • Andrew Brown. Photograph, 1926.
  • Andrew Brown. Photograph, 1926.
  • Henry Coddington Brown. Photograph.
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