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Sacred cows and nutritional purity in India

Apoorva Sripathi explores the complex reasons behind India’s recent boom in all things dairy – beginning with a 1970s Western food-aid programme.

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How to play on the District line between Stepney Green and Embankment

From the crossword to the smartphone, distractions for the commuter relieve the tedium of crowded, dull journeys. Game designer Holly Gramazio delves into the world of games for trains.

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Queer cafés and gay mylk

Holly Regan explores queer London spaces where the alternative – oat milk – is the norm for the communities gathering there.

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Milk trails round Euston

Where cows once grazed near Wellcome Collection in London, baristas now froth their milk. Esther Leslie uncovers Euston’s dairy-based urban history.

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  • Cows grazing and resting in a field. Etching by J. Janson, the elder.
  • Cows standing and lying in a field. Etching by J. Janson, the elder.
  • Cows and sheep resting in a field. Lithograph with gouache by A. Ducote.
  • Dairy cows being milked.
  • Milking cows: machine stripping
  • Cows resting and grazing under some trees. Etching by W.-S. Howitt, ca 1801.
  • Milking cows: a milker's hands.
  • Equipment for milking cows: clawpiece.
  • Oestrus detection: aggression (cows butting)
  • Cows being herded together at the bottom of a hill. Etching by P. Potter, 1643.
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