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Ken’s ten: looking back at ten years of Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection founder Ken Arnold picks his favourite exhibits.

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Found items

Books leave their traces in our minds, but we leave traces of ourselves in books too, as these fascinating items found inside old works show.

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Theriac: An ancient brand?

The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.

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Coasting to catastrophe

In climate change, everything – and everyone – is connected. The watery process that will gradually cut off the Isle of Thanet from the British mainland has begun, and everyone in the UK needs to pay attention.

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  • Teruel, Spain: arches of a Roman aqueduct, Teruel, Spain. Photograph, 1910/1936?.
  • Tortosa, Spain: panoramic view. Lithograph.
  • Parturition chair from Isasonoo, Spain
  • Neolithic representation of solar symbols, Spain.
  • Neolithic representation of hunter and stag, Spain.
  • Neolithic representation of bulls and ibex, Spain.
  • The Roman aqueduct, Segovia, Spain. Photograph, 1880/1910?.
  • The Apse, the Abbey of Moveruela, Spain.
  • Abbey of Moveruela, Spain, South East view.
  • Pillars of the Apse, Abbey of Moveruela, Spain.
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