Stories
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Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
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The colonist who faced the blue terror
India, 1857. In a British enclave, Katherine Bartrum watches her friend, and then her family, succumb to the deadly cholera.
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Two health centres, two ideologies
Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
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Report from Select Committee on Metropolis Sewers : with minutes of evidence, and an appendix.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Metropolis Sewers.Date: [1834]- Books
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The patriot. Addressed to the electors of Great Britain.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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The new present state of Great Britain. Containing a succinct account of the climate, divisions, and inhabitants of Great Britain: An ample Description of the several Counties into which that Kingdom is divided; their Air, Soil, natural Productions, Trade, and Manufactures. The government of Great Britain: the Power, Prerogatives and Revenues of the King: the Laws, Customs, and Privileges of Parliament; and the Power and Methods of Proceeding in the several Courts of Justice. A Copious Description of the Capitals of England and Scotland, their Government, Courts of Justice, Principal Buildings, Trading and other Companies, Privileges and Commerce. To which are added, complete and accurate lists of all the civil, ecclesiastical, and military offices in Great Britain.
Date: 1770- Books
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The new present state of Great-Britain. Containing a succinct account of the climate, divisions, and inhabitants, of Great-Britain: An ample Description of the several Counties into which that Kingdom is divided; their Air, Soil, natural Productions, Trade, and Manufactures. The government of Great-Britain: the Power, Prerogatives, and Revenues of the King; the Laws, Customs, and Privileges of Parliament; and the Power and Methods of Proceeding in the several Courts of Justice. A Copious Description of the Capitals of England and Scotland; their Government, Courts of Justice, Principal Buildings, Trading and other Companies, Privileges, and Commerce. To which are added, complete and accurate lists of all the civil, ecclesiastical, and military offices in Great-Britain.
Date: 1776- Books
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A bill for making the exemplification of the last will of the Right Honourable Richard late Earl of Burlington and Cork, deceased, Evidence in all Courts of Law and Equity in Great Britain and Ireland.
Great Britain. Parliament.Date: 1756]