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Shakespeare and the four humours

Blood. Phlegm. Black bile. Yellow bile. The theory of the four humours informed many of Shakespeare's best-known characters, including the phlegmatic Falstaff.

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People against pollution

Alice Bell reflects on what happens when communities help solve environmental problems, and whether citizen science can help fight industrial pollution today.

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  • E. Belcher, Narrative of a voyage round the
  • E. Belcher, Narrative of a voyage round the
  • E. Belcher, Narrative of a voyage round the
  • Sir John Bland-Sutton. Halftone after G. Belcher, 1926.
  • A black woman thanking a doctor for curing her husband. Reproduction of a drawing after G. Belcher, 1916(?).
  • A misunderstanding between a sick visitor and a native of a village in Scotland. Reproduction of a drawing after G. Belcher, 1912.
  • Two women observing a sign for buying teeth, one of them remarks that she had recently had one extracted and the clinic had held on to it. Reproduction of a drawing after G. Belcher, 1914.
  • Two women observing a sign for buying teeth, one of them remarks that she had recently had one extracted and the clinic had held on to it. Reproduction of a drawing after G. Belcher, 1914.
  • A brown bear climbing up a tree. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.
  • A huntsman stalking prey with his two dogs holding his rifle under his right arm. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.
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