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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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Talent, tech and visual art
Jamie Hale finds a combination of talent and technology are crucial when it comes to creating great visual art, but how do you keep working when your circumstances are in constant flux?
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Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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Saint Sebastian. Process print after G.A. Bazzi, il Sodoma, 192-.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]Reference: 2045864iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Books
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Travels through Italy, in a series of letters; written in the year 1785, by the Abbé Dupaty. Translated from the French by an English gentleman.
Dupaty, Charles-Marguerite-Jean-Baptiste Mercier, 1746-1788.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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Travels in the Two Sicilies, and some parts of the Apennines. Translated from the original Italian of the Abbe Lazzaro Spallanzani, ... In four volumes. - With eleven plates. ...
Spallanzani, Lazzaro, 1729-1799.Date: 1798- Books
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The cambrian directory, or, cursory sketches of the Welsh territories. With a chart, comprehending at one view, the advisable route - best inns - distances - and objects most worthy of attention.
Cliff, of Worcester.Date: 1800- Books
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Travels through Italy. Containing new and curious observations on that country; particularly the Grand Duchy of Tuscany; the ecclesiastical state, ... By John Northall, Esq; ...
Northall, John, approximately 1723-1759.Date: 1766