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The current that kills

In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.

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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman

How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.

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It’s getting mighty crowded

Mid-20th-century population-density research on mice produced a whiskered apocalypse, predicted to become the fate of humans too. But perhaps a more compassionate approach could fend this off.

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  • William Cumberland Cruikshank. Line engraving by J. Corner, 1787, after himself.
  • Jean Chappé d'Auteroche. Line engraving by J. Corner, 1791.
  • A new herball, wherin are conteyned the names of herbes in Greke, Latin, Englysh, Duch, Frenche, and in the potecaries and herbaries Latin, : with the properties degrees, and naturall places of the same / gathered and made by Wylliam Turner.
  • Bernard le Bovier de Fontanelle. Line engraving by J. Corner, 1794, after P. Savart.
  • A group of men in turbans are carrying a litter, and attending to their passenger. Coloured aquatint by J. Wells after C. Gold.
  • John Wolcot [Peter Pindar]. Line engraving by J. Corner after J. Opie.
  • Albrecht Dürer with a reversed copy of Dürer's print of a knight, death and the devil beneath. Engraving by J. Corner, 1825, after A. Dürer.
  • John Hunter. Line engraving by J. Corner, 1793, after J. Tassie, 1791.
  • The London art of cookery, and housekeeper's complete assistant. On a new plan. Made plain and easy to the understanding of every housekeeper, cook, and servant, in the Kingdom ... : To which is added, an appendix ... Embellished with a head of the author, and a bill of fare for every month in the year / By John Farley.
  • A woman holding a trident and a shield is riding on a chariot pulled through the waves by horses; representing the Battle of Camperdown. Engraving by J. Parker after R. Smirke.
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