Stories
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Cloves to mull, mask and numb
Sweet, pungent, warm, woody: cloves smell and taste like Christmas. But there’s much more to this spice than that.
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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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Written on my body
Scars mean David Jesudason has never enjoyed seeing his reflection. Recounting the stories behind the marks on his face and body, he finds the only one that symbolises hope and happiness.
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How nature is defending itself in court
The idea that nature has legal rights is increasingly being taken seriously, but who gets to speak for it? Isabella Kaminski asks how the non-human can be represented within a human-made system.
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Oil of mustard-seed.
Parry, Robert, active 1750.Date: 1750?]- Archives and manuscripts
Oil of Juniper
Date: c.1920-c.1925Reference: MS.2911Part of: Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica- Archives and manuscripts
Oil of Peppermint
Date: c.1920-1930Reference: MS.2912/2Part of: Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica
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Oil painting: plague at Athens.
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Oil painting on canvas: the 'Anatomy
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn