Stories
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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A true relation of a most wonderfull and strange accident, which happened on a young man, born at Dort a town in Holland; who ... was falsly accused for a robberie, ...
Date: 1706- Books
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Burglary and robbery. On Monday night, or yesterday morning, the 2d of December, the Muster Master General's Office in the Lower Castle-yard, was entered by some person or persons yet unknown, and an Iron Chest that lay therein, which was locked and pad-locked, was opened by means of skeleton keys, out of which the following property was stolen, viz.
Ireland.Date: 1794]- Books
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City of Oxford, October 10th, 1758. Whereas divers robberies have been lately committed, in and near this city; and information having been given to the mayor, several suspected places have been search'd, and the following goods found therein, supposed to be fraudulently o feloniously obtained: - in order therefore to bring the offenders to justice, all persons who have sustained losses, are desired to claim their respective property; ...
Oxford (England : City)Date: 1758]- Books
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The life of Patrick Madan; Exhibiting a Series of the most extraordinary Transactions, notorious Villanies, and wonderful Escapes, that ever happened to one Man. Comprizing a Series of Events equally calculated to astonish the Mind, and lead the Heart to Virtue, by exhibiting the Deformity of Vice. With Reflections naturally arising from the Subject; and Hints, which if attended to, will tend greatly to the Suppression of every Species of Theft.
Date: [1781?]- Books
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The last farewell of Ebenezor Elliston to this transitory world. ...
Elliston, Ebenezor, -1720.Date: [1720?]