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Political brilliance and the power of self-promotion

How do you convince people you’re exceptional? Meet the ultimate self-styled genius.

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Little feet on Pett Level Beach

Poet and author Penny Pepper has vivid memories of childhood beach trips when her father was still alive, enthusiastically encouraging her curiosity and love of nature.

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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections

A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.

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When the sun goes down

Despite the country’s colonial and industrial dominion, the finest minds of Victorian Britain began to fear the devastating effects of declining natural resources. Even the death of the sun.

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  • Two British soldiers dressed smartly, performing for "The Timbertown Follies", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Two British soldiers dressed smartly, performing for "The Timbertown Follies", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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