Stories
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Sigrid Rausing’s prescription for writing
The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘Stay With Me’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.
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Shame’s long shadow
What is shame and why is it so powerful? A violent sexual assault left Lucia Osborne-Crowley suffocated with shame, but she’s now determined to understand how this overwhelming emotion works.
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The trouble with too many things
Hoarding is a slippery subject – difficult to define or diagnose. As she tries to explain the intensity of her grandma’s collecting, Georgie Evans finds the words and tools at her disposal aren’t all that helpful.
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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
Catalogue
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Rotten teeth : a rhapsody with a remedy / by Edward Garraway.
Garraway, Edward.Date: 1879- Books
Rotten rhubarb : drug adulteration prior to the mid-nineteenth century / C.M. Foust.
Foust, C. M.Date: 1988- Pictures
The overcrowded promenade in Hyde Park known as 'Rotten Row'. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12156iPart of: Bird's-eye views of modern society- Books
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Pillory disapointed, [sic] or, the false prophets advancement. To the tune of Rotten eggs, turnop-tops, pieces of dirt, & brick-batts. Elias Marion, the head French prophet, his speech on the scaffold, at the Royal Exchange in Cornhil, on Tuesday the 2d of December. ...
Marion, Élie, 1678-1713.Date: 1707- Videos
Spoilt rotten?.
Date: 2010