Stories
- Article
Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
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Hamlet, the melancholic Prince of Denmark
Hamlet clearly demonstrates an excess of black bile and is arguably the most famous literary melancholic.
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The enigma of the medieval folding almanac
With its combination of rich, portable data and high-end style, this folding almanac could have been the medieval equivalent of the latest iPhone.
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Delusional recycling and the problem with plastic
Many of us are guilty of wishful thinking when it comes to our rubbish. Arianne Shahvisi exposes shaky recycling infrastructure and overseas dumping, arguing for an end to waste colonialism.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
[Press & Trade Adverts] - Household
Cooper McDougall & Robertson LtdDate: 1958 - 1967Reference: WF/C/M/GB/A/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Ephemera
The "household" soap box : supplied direct through any chemist, grocer or stores / Pure Products Limited.
Pure Products LimitedDate: [between 1910 and 1919?]- Ephemera
- Online
Lehmann's Cross Milk ... : a household favourite during the reigns of H.M. Queen Victoria, H.M. King Edward VII ... / R. Lehmann & Co. Ltd.
Date: 1937- Archives and manuscripts
Press Adverts - Horticultural [and domestic household]
Cooper McDougall & Robertson LtdDate: c 1933 - c 1939Reference: WF/C/M/GB/A/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
Cooper's household products : 1955 trade list / Cooper, McDougall & Robertson Ltd.
Cooper, McDougall & Robertson.Date: 1955