Stories
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The pain that punished feminists
In a society that viewed getting the vote, and pursuing an education and career, as unnatural goals for women, the pain of endometriosis was viewed as nature’s retribution.
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The wishing-tree of Loch Maree
So many pilgrims have visited a tiny loch island in Scotland that the site of their devotions, a fragile and crumbling tree, has collapsed under the ministrations of thousands of hands leaving thanks for its rumoured health-bestowing powers.
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Deciding a date for the end of the world
When will the world end? Charlotte Sleigh explores how our obsession with dates and dramatic imaginings of the end can distract us from the dangers slowly creeping up on us.
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Demanding a diagnosis for invisible pain
After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.
Catalogue
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Swords into anchors. A comedy. Written by the Author of the Beau Merchant
Blanch, John- Pictures
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Joseph Priestley: coat of arms decorated with anchors and lions and surmounted by a cockerel. Engraving, 17--.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 571723i- Books
Anchor care homes : happy living for the years ahead / Anchor Trust.
Anchor TrustDate: [2014?]- Books
Dementia care at Anchor Homes : happy living for the years ahead / Anchor Trust.
Anchor TrustDate: [2014?]- Pictures
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Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round images of the Antarctic Sea with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing, c.1844.
Reference: 18610i