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On nature cures and taking the waters

When chilly outdoor swims began to chip away at her depression, Jessica J Lee was drawn to a closer study of the complex natural world around her.

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The spectacle maker

Born into the eyewear business 80 years ago, Lawrence Jenkin still designs and makes glasses, while supporting and inspiring the generations of designers following him.

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Foraging for a taste of the past

Follow tips from a professional forager to recreate delicious 18th-century recipes from plants growing wild in parks and on urban wasteland.

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Desperate housewives and suburban neurosis

Discover how a pioneering health centre replaced housewives’ supposedly empty home lives with a social space that encouraged healthy child rearing.

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  • Christopher Heath. Photograph.
  • A tapir. Etching by Heath.
  • An elk. Etching by Heath.
  • An alligator. Etching by Heath.
  • Fallow deer. Etching by Heath.
  • A lachesis snake. Etching by Heath.
  • A snouted acanthonotus. Engraving by Heath.
  • A porcupine diodon. Engraving by Heath.
  • A European silure. Engraving by Heath.
  • A common porcupine. Engraving by Heath.
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