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Little donkeys aren’t just for Christmas

In honour of the animal’s heroic efforts, here are some favourites from our collection.

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The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth

Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.

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Little feet on Pett Level Beach

Poet and author Penny Pepper has vivid memories of childhood beach trips when her father was still alive, enthusiastically encouraging her curiosity and love of nature.

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  • Two donkeys. Etching by R. Hills.
  • Two donkeys resting and a goat standing by them. Etching.
  • Algeria (?): marketplace with horses and donkeys carrying heavy loads. Photograph.
  • Three men and their donkeys meet on a hill; representing Folly. Engraving.
  • Three donkeys standing next to a tree in a forest. Watercolour with pencil.
  • A boy riding and caressing donkeys in a stable. Coloured lithograph by H. Lalaisse.
  • Three donkeys resting by a cart. Lithograph with gouache by A. Ducote after T.S. Cooper.
  • A procession of travelling donkeys with saddle-bags and nose-bags. Lithograph after J. Janson, the elder.
  • The "Burdizzo" way is sure and safe on calves, lambs, donkeys, in a swarm of maggot flies.
  • Leaflet selling the "Burdizzo", a castration machine that can be used safely on calves, lambs and donkeys.
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