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A freezer full of breastmilk

When new mum Alev Scott began pumping her milk between feeds, she soon found she was freezing more breastmilk than her baby would ever need. So Alev began to investigate ways to share her oversupply.

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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs

The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.

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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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Milk trails round Euston

Where cows once grazed near Wellcome Collection in London, baristas now froth their milk. Esther Leslie uncovers Euston’s dairy-based urban history.

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  • Richland pure foods / Brewhurst Health Food Supplies.
  • Richland pure foods / Brewhurst Health Food Supplies.
  • Richland pure foods / Brewhurst Health Food Supplies.
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  • Richland pure foods / Brewhurst Health Food Supplies.
  • Richland pure foods / Brewhurst Health Food Supplies.
  • Supplies for the British Antartic expedition, 1910
  • Vitaquell information / Brewhurst Health Food Supplies, Fauser Vitaquell.
  • Vitaquell information / Brewhurst Health Food Supplies, Fauser Vitaquell.
  • [January 1992 price list for Potter's Herbal Supplies (pink paper)].
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