Stories
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Shakespeare’s cholerics were the real drama queens
In Shakespeare’s times, people’s personalities were categorised by four temperaments. The choleric temperament was hot-tempered and active.
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From female impersonation to drag
How did drag develop from light-hearted female impersonation to a world-dominating art form?
- In pictures
How chloroform shaped the murder mystery
Find out how a sweet-smelling liquid anaesthetic captured the public’s imagination and changed pop culture for ever.
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Fraught fertility and making royal babies
Producing a male heir has been seen for centuries as a queen’s most important role. Here Estelle Paranque explores the lives of four queens whose route to royal motherhood was far from smooth.
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Queens hospital, Birmingham. Etching.
Reference: 15579i- Archives and manuscripts
Queens Medical Magazine
Date: 1961Reference: PP/RJH/B.7Part of: Hetherington, Robert J- Pictures
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Queens flower: flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 21981i- Archives and manuscripts
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Queens College (Burton E. Trapp)
Date: 1970-1986Reference: JDW/2/2/1464Part of: James D. Watson Collection- Archives and manuscripts
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Queens College - "The Cancer Cell" (12 May 1983)
Date: 1983Reference: JDW/2/8/1/153Part of: James D. Watson Collection