Stories
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The soul in the stomach
A 17th-century physician’s controversial theory about the link between the emotions and the stomach reminds us that we shouldn’t ignore our ‘gut feelings’.
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Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern
Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.
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You, a thousand years ago
Jack Hartnell argues that, if we were transported into the medieval past, we’d find ourselves somewhere different yet strangely familiar.
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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
Catalogue
- Books
Peasant art in Roumania / George Oprescu.
Oprescu, George, 1881-1969.Date: 1929- Books
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Peasant history in South India / David Ludden.
Ludden, David EDate: [1985], ©1985- Digital Images
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Peasant Spa of Krapinske Toplice, Yugoslavia.
- Digital Images
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Peasant Spa of Krapinske Toplice, Yugoslavia.
- Digital Images
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Peasant Spa of Krapinske Toplice, Yugoslavia.