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Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern

Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.

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The meaning of happiness

What is happiness? Tiffany Watt Smith charts how its definition has changed over time, from chance emotion to something that can be measured and controlled.

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Good animals, bad humans?

Could an animal be more evolved than a human? Victorian psychologists thought that in some cases the answer could be ‘yes’.

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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean

Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.

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  • Percentage of herds participating in brucellosis eradication as at 30th June 1975 / [Prepared and drawn by Survey Section, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food].
  • Brucellosis : attested and eradication as at 18 August 1975 : programme to the end of 1977, eradicaton areas declared / [Prepared and drawn by Survey Section, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food].
  • Stop illegal poisoning of our wildlife : a joint campaign by government and other concerned organisations / prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the agriculture departments, with the Department of the Environment and the Nature Conservancy Council, as part of the Campaign against the illegal poisoning of wildlife.
  • Stop illegal poisoning of our wildlife : a joint campaign by government and other concerned organisations / prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the agriculture departments, with the Department of the Environment and the Nature Conservancy Council, as part of the Campaign against the illegal poisoning of wildlife.
  • The brawny fisherman lives on fish... : eat more fish : try the recipes overleaf / British Trawlers' Federation Ltd.
  • The brawny fisherman lives on fish... : eat more fish : try the recipes overleaf / British Trawlers' Federation Ltd.
  • Fish! : delicious tasty meals, very easy to cook... : eat more fish : try the recipes overleaf / British Trawlers' Federation Ltd.
  • For their health's sake give them fish... : eat more fish : try the recipes overleaf / British Trawlers' Federation Ltd.
  • For their health's sake give them fish... : eat more fish : try the recipes overleaf / British Trawlers' Federation Ltd.
  • Fish! : delicious tasty meals, very easy to cook... : eat more fish : try the recipes overleaf / British Trawlers' Federation Ltd.
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