Stories
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History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
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Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
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WhatsApp aunties and the spread of fake news
The advantages of WhatApp chat groups – especially as a cost-free way of keeping in touch with family around the world – make them fertile ground for the spread of bogus medical advice. Writer Rianna Walcott explores how to encourage ‘aunties’ in the community to question the truth of unattributed health hoaxes.
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The duty and interest of a people, among whom religion has been planted, to continue stedfast and sincere in the profession and practice of it. From generation to generation. With directions for such as are concerned to obtain a true repentance and conversion to God.--Preach'd at a time of general awakenings. By William Williams, M.A. Pastor of the church in Hatfield. To which is added, part of a large letter from the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Edwards of Northampton. Giving an account of the late wonderful work of God in those parts. Psalm 145. 4. Isa. 38. 19.
Williams, William, 1665-1741.Date: M,DCC,XXXVI. [1736]- Books
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A vindication of the protest against the result of the Northampton-council. In answer to a letter published by the Reverend Messieurs Robert Breck, Joseph Ashly, Timothy Woodbridge, Chester Williams; intitled, An account of the conduct of the council which dismiss'd the Reverend Mr. Edwards from the pastoral care of the First Church at Northampton; with reflections on the protestation accompanying the printed result of that council, and the letter published relating to that affair. In a letter to a gentleman. By William Hobby, A.M. Pastor of the First Church at Reading. [One line from Job]
Hobby, William, 1707-1765.Date: [1751]- Books
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The friars and German society in the thirteenth century / John B. Freed.
Freed, John BDate: 1977- Archives and manuscripts
Private Letter Book
Date: October 1894 - February 1895- Archives and manuscripts
Private Letter Book
Date: October 1894 - February 1895Reference: WF/E/11/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd