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How to play on the District line between Stepney Green and Embankment

From the crossword to the smartphone, distractions for the commuter relieve the tedium of crowded, dull journeys. Game designer Holly Gramazio delves into the world of games for trains.

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In celebration of LGBTQ+ comedy

At school, homophobic jokes made Ella Braidwood feel uncomfortable and ashamed. Fast-forward to today’s inclusive comedy scene, and her very different feelings of hope and happiness.

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The art of scientific glassblowing

Exciting things happen when art, craft, engineering and science collide. Glassblower Gayle Price is proof of that.

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The intimate and invasive art of ethical taxidermy

Does displaying dead animals bring us closer to nature, or drive us further apart?

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  • The universal herbal; or, botanical, medical, and agricultural dictionary / [Thomas Green].
  • The universal herbal; or, botanical, medical, and agricultural dictionary / [Thomas Green].
  • The universal herbal; or, botanical, medical, and agricultural dictionary / [Thomas Green].
  • The universal herbal; or, botanical, medical, and agricultural dictionary / [Thomas Green].
  • The universal herbal; or, botanical, medical, and agricultural dictionary / [Thomas Green].
  • The universal herbal; or, botanical, medical, and agricultural dictionary / [Thomas Green].
  • The universal herbal; or, botanical, medical, and agricultural dictionary / [Thomas Green].
  • The universal herbal; or, botanical, medical, and agricultural dictionary / [Thomas Green].
  • The universal herbal; or, botanical, medical, and agricultural dictionary / [Thomas Green].
  • Vade mecum: or, a companion for a chyrurgion: fitted for times of peace or war. Compendiously shewing ... the use of every severall instrument ... and the vertues and qualities of such medicines as are needfull ... with the maner [sic] of compounding them ... As also the perfect cure of green wounds, either incised or contused, ulcers, fistulaes, fractures, and dislocations. To which is added the maner [sic] of making reports before a Judge of Assize, of any one that hath come to an untimely end / [Thomas Brugis].
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