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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles

Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.

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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists

Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.

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The current that kills

In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.

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John Walter on ‘Alien Sex Club’

I’m a painter, but I make worlds.

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  • Dear Ms. Pauncefoot : I am enclosing a copy of our letter to Mr. Fowler, Secretary of State for Social Services. Mrs. Valerie Stead, our Assistant Director, felt it appropriate that we should lend our support to your campaign for condoms to be made freely available as a protective device against AIDS ... / Joan Beech, Student Counsellor.
  • Air raid wardens and civilian volunteer despatch-rider / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • Rubber clothing / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • Rubber clothing / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • Air raid wardens and civilian volunteer despatch-rider / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • Defensive measures against gas attacks / C.F.N. MacReady.
  • Defensive measures against gas attacks / C.F.N. MacReady.
  • What to do about gas / issued by the Ministry of Home Security.
  • The civilian duty respirator / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • What to do about gas / issued by the Ministry of Home Security.
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