Stories
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Deciding a date for the end of the world
When will the world end? Charlotte Sleigh explores how our obsession with dates and dramatic imaginings of the end can distract us from the dangers slowly creeping up on us.
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The unexpected parallels between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Wellcome Collection
With the news of a sequel in development, Russell Dornan explores parallels between ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and Wellcome Collection.
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Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
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Devilry and doom in 1666
Disastrous events and a significant combination of numbers signalled the end – or perhaps a new beginning – in 1666. But for some, this feverish period fuelled unprecedented inventiveness and development.
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Thoughts on the nature of the grand apostacy. With reflections and observations on the XVth chapter of Mr. Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. To which are added, three dissertations: - I. On the Parousia of Christ: II. On the Millennium: And the IIId by the late Rev. Mr. Richard Wavell, on Prophecy. By Henry Taylor, Rector of Crawley, and Vicar of Portsmouth in Hants, Author of Ben Mordecai's Apology for embracing Christianity.
Taylor, Henry, 1711-1785.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]- Books
Children of wrath : possession, prophecy and the young in early modern England / by Anna French.
French, AnnaDate: [2015]- Books
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Twelve discourses on the prophecies concerning the first establishment and subsequent history of Christianity. Preached in Lincoln's-Inn-Chapel, at the lecture of Christianity. Preached in Lincoln's-Inn-Chapel, At The Lecture Of The Right Rev. William Warburton, Late Lord Bishop Of Gloucester. By Lewis Bagot, LL. D. Dean Of Christ - Church.
Bagot, Lewis, 1741-1802.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
[Box of religious and historical medical papers by C.H. Talbot].
Talbot, C. H. (Charles Holwell)Date: [1954-1972?]