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The men who meddled with nature
The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.
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The smile catchers
From facial recognition to emojis in apps, find out how the monitoring of emotions is used to get more out of workers.
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Little feet on Pett Level Beach
Poet and author Penny Pepper has vivid memories of childhood beach trips when her father was still alive, enthusiastically encouraging her curiosity and love of nature.
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Lying low for lockdown and beyond
For Liz Carr the chances of catching Covid-19 are the same as for anyone else, but as a Disabled person she's at much greater risk of not getting the treatment she needs if she falls ill.
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An Act for continuing an Act passed in the tenth year of the reign of Her late Majesty, intituled, An Act for repairing the highway between a certain place called Kilburn Bridge in the county of Middlesex, and Sparrows Herne in the county of Hertford; and for making the said Act more effectual.
Great Britain.Date: 1722]- Books
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A bill for continuing, and making more effectual, two acts of Parliament, one passed in the tenth year of the reign of Her Late Majesty Queen Anne, and the other in the eighth year of the reign of His Late Majesty King George the First, for repairing the highway between a certain place called Kilburn Bridge in the county of Middlesex, and Sparrows Herne in the county of Hertford.
Great Britain. Parliament.Date: 1749]- Pictures
China: the eradication of sparrows, one of the Four Pests. Colour lithograph, 1956.
Date: 1956Reference: 661450iPart of: China: the eradication of the Four Pests. Colour lithographs, 1956.- Pictures
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Two sparrows pecking at a seedhead of corn. Watercolour.
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A man with a gun is standing behind a tree looking at a flock of sparrows on the ground. Coloured etching.
Reference: 35874iPart of: Sporting sketches