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Getting sexy with cinnamon

Add some flavour to your love life with this spice. It will warm up more than just your buns.

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The poetic language of health

When his doctors could only offer phone consultations, James Morland turned to poetry to make sense of the medical terms describing his symptoms and test results.

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Theriac: An ancient brand?

The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.

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Why pandemic denial is nothing new

Could today’s Covid-deniers be taking lessons from history? After all, it’s nearly 200 years since frustrations at a cholera-induced lockdown erupted in Sunderland.

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  • Kashmir: merchants' houses above the Marqual canal. Photograph by Samuel Bourne.
  • Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: three Chinese merchants. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: three Chinese merchants. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Two young men, one in drag, playing rag and bone merchants. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • Two young men, one in drag, playing rag and bone merchants. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • High-class grocers & provision merchants : Folley & Sons, the Castle Stores, Launceston.
  • Bought of Jos. Bostock, Limited : produce merchants ... sole shippers of Three Crowns Butter.
  • E. J. Batchelor & Sons : Nurserymen, florists, seed merchants and fruiterers, Station Square, Harrogate.
  • Malaya: Chinese merchants grouped outside their club house on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.
  • Two merchants and a woman at a table; representing arithmetic. Etching by C. Schut after himself.
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