Stories
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Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
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The making of ‘Quacks’
How do you create a medical comedy that’s authentic and laugh-out-loud funny?
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The joys and failures of audio description
Audio description enhances the experience of watching a film or TV show for people with a visual impairment, but it's not widely available in the UK. Alex Lee explains why.
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The problem of the punctured heart
During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.
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Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1890.
Ward, Leslie, Sir, 1851-1922.Date: July 18 1890Reference: 820956iPart of: Vanity fair (London, England : 1868)
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Vignettes of Peel's first ministry. Coloured lithograph, 1835.
Date: 2 February 1835Reference: 12240i- Books
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Theatre-Royal, Hay-market, February 4th, 1794. The publick is most respectfully informed, that the accident which happened last night in the pit-passage of this theatre, arose entirely from the eagerness of the croud; ...
Theatre Royal (Haymarket, London, England)Date: 1794]- Books
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List of the subscribers to the boxes at the King's Theatre, 1789.
King's Theatre (Haymarket, London, England)Date: 1789]- Books
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A correct list of the subscribers to the boxes at the King's Theatre, 1789.
King's Theatre (Haymarket, London, England)Date: 1789]