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What the wind can bring

In this extract from ‘This Book is a Plant’, Amanda Thomson shares a newfound fascination with flowers, and reveals why our relationship with plants can also be complicated.

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Mistakes and perfect medicine

This week our anonymous GP reflects on how a mistake made in a busy, stressful environment could have had serious consequences.

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Lovesickness and ‘The Love Thief’

An 11th-century poem of love, lust and possibly gruesome death still resonates today.

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Why the world needs collectors

Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.

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  • Species of butterflies. Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1821.
  • Six butterflies, including a swallowtail, fritillary and northern brown. Coloured lithograph.
  • Two butterflies, one possibly a red admiral. Stipple engraving with etching.
  • Six different animals, including a bird, a snake, butterflies and a rodent. Coloured etching.
  • Insects: classified varieties and stages of development, including larvae, beetles and butterflies. Coloured lithograph, 1875 (?).
  • Above, two butterflies; below, a small double-headed snake from Barbabos. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.
  • Seven insects of the order Lepidoptera, with four scale-covered wings, including butterflies and moths. Line engraving by Milton, 1806.
  • A daffodil (Narcissus species) and tulip (Tulipa species): flowering stems with two butterflies. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A daffodil (Narcissus species) and tulip (Tulipa species): flowering stems with two butterflies. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Five butterflies and moths, including the atlas moth (Attacus atlas) and orange-tip (Anthocharis sp.). Coloured lithograph by J. Delarue after himself.
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