Stories
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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The shock of cardiac arrest when you’re young and fit
Footballer Christian Eriksen’s on-pitch collapse in 2020, witnessed by thousands, was shocking. Fellow cardiac-arrest survivor Meg Fozzard explores the risks in the young and fit, and how we can all help.
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The necessity and advantages of closet religion. By a private Christian.
Private Christian.Date: [1736]- Books
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The necessity and advantages of closet religion. By a private Christian.
Private Christian.Date: 1727- Books
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A seasonable check to the fury of an unfledg'd minister of the Gospel. In a letter to the Reverend Mr. T- - - - - - - A very young Glóstershire Clergyman. Written by Mr. J- - - - - - - - A very young Wiltshire Layman. Occasion'd by the former's falsly charging the latter with Atheism. In which are interspers'd some Observations on Atheism and Superstition, together with a Hint or two to the Professors of Christianity in general.
J- - - - - - - -, Mr.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- Books
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The life of God in the soul of man: or the nature and excellency of the Christian religion. By Henry Scougal, A.M.
Scougal, Henry, 1650-1678.Date: M,DCC,LXXX,II [1782]- Books
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The christian soldier: or, the duties of a religious life recommended to the army, from the example of Cornelius: in a sermon. By Thomas Broughton, M. A. Late Rector of Alhallows, Lombard-Street, and of Wotton, in Surrey: and Secretary to The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Broughton, Thomas, 1712-1777.Date: 1795