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Out of the mouth trap

After 15 years of speech therapy, Jonty Claypole decided to make peace with his stammer. He explores our fear of disfluency, revealing how accepting it could actually increase our creativity and persuasiveness.

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The work of wet-nursing

Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.

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The birth of Britain's National Health Service

Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.

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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet

Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.

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  • [Small compliments slip for the League of Red Cross Societies, Geneva (1969?)].
  • [A5 compliments slip for the League of Red Cross Societies, Geneva (1972?)].
  • Annual science exhibition / American Association for the Advancement of Science and associated societies.
  • Annual science exhibition / American Association for the Advancement of Science and associated societies.
  • Annual science exhibition / American Association for the Advancement of Science and associated societies.
  • Annual science exhibition / American Association for the Advancement of Science and associated societies.
  • Appeal for funds : at the request of the Serbian government the London committees are providing two new field hospitals & a motor transport section to accompany the Serbian division in Russia / London Units of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service (National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.)
  • Appeal for funds : at the request of the Serbian government the London committees are providing two new field hospitals & a motor transport section to accompany the Serbian division in Russia / London Units of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service (National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.)
  • Appeal for funds : at the request of the Serbian government the London committees are providing two new field hospitals & a motor transport section to accompany the Serbian division in Russia / London Units of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service (National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.)
  • Appeal for funds : at the request of the Serbian government the London committees are providing two new field hospitals & a motor transport section to accompany the Serbian division in Russia / London Units of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service (National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.)
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