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The 200-year search for normal people

Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.

  • Article

Words of hope and anger

Author and spoken word poet Penny Pepper remembers her childhood dreams, and speaks out against the barriers society uses to prevent disabled people from fulfilling their potential.

  • Long read

Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard

Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.

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The quest to breed gifted children

If you had the chance, would you choose a genius baby?

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  • Dr. to Oxo Limited, contractors to the War Office, Admiralty, India Office, etc. : Oxo, Lemco, Beefix, Oxade drinks etc. : Fray Bentos Corned Beef, ox tongues, pressed beef, soups, pastes, glass meats, etc. : no receipt will be recognised as valid unless upon our Printed Form.
  • Oteg : egg preservative (wholly British) for dry storage of eggs in shell (fully patented) / Sozol (1924) Limited.
  • Oteg : egg preservative (wholly British) for dry storage of eggs in shell (fully patented) / Sozol (1924) Limited.
  • Oteg : egg preservative (wholly British) for dry storage of eggs in shell (fully patented) / Sozol (1924) Limited.
  • Oteg : egg preservative (wholly British) for dry storage of eggs in shell (fully patented) / Sozol (1924) Limited.
  • Dr. to Nestlé's Milk Products Ltd. : 6 & 8 Eastcheap, London, E.C.3.
  • Dr. to Nestlé's Milk Products Ltd. : 6 & 8 Eastcheap, London, E.C.3.
  • Planters Foods Limited : manufacturers of margarine, compound, edible fats, refined oils, and other high-class food preparations : registered office & works, Brombro Port, Cheshire.
  • Advertisement : this is the reason why "it must be Bovril".
  • Advertisement : this is the reason why "it must be Bovril".
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