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Fantastic beasts and unnatural history

Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.

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The spectacle maker

Born into the eyewear business 80 years ago, Lawrence Jenkin still designs and makes glasses, while supporting and inspiring the generations of designers following him.

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The ugly truth about fast fashion

Aja Barber reflects on her relationship with fast fashion, outlines its polluting and destructive effects, and shares the small, personal changes we can make that could help.

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Is your job bad for your teeth?

Some surprising occupations pose hidden risks to dental health. Could your ivories be in particular peril?

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  • Suggestions for tasty salads and quick uses of the all purpose Russian dressing, Zest : for salads, meats, fish, cocktails / Zest Products Co.
  • Suggestions for tasty salads and quick uses of the all purpose Russian dressing, Zest : for salads, meats, fish, cocktails / Zest Products Co.
  • Suggestions for tasty salads and quick uses of the all purpose Russian dressing, Zest : for salads, meats, fish, cocktails / Zest Products Co.
  • Spanish lantern; animal products. Bone objects (including necklace for teething); small mammal's jawbone; 2 salt-codfish jawbones, cock's spur, bezoar, fishes earbones, and equine 'chetsnuts', badges paw.
  • Narrative of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777. Elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions, viz. quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J.G. Stedman ; illustrated with 80 elegant engravings from drawings made by the author.
  • Narrative of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777. Elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions, viz. quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J.G. Stedman ; illustrated with 80 elegant engravings from drawings made by the author.
  • Narrative of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777. Elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions, viz. quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J.G. Stedman ; illustrated with 80 elegant engravings from drawings made by the author.
  • Firda : canned fish / Firda Canning Co.
  • Firda : canned fish / Firda Canning Co.
  • Conserves "Louis Levesque", Nantes... : fabriques de conserves de poissons et de légumes... / Levesque & Cie.
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