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Are people born violent?

Laura Bui explores how the nature vs nurture debate applies to those who commit homicide.

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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death

Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.

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The catharsis of cringe

Watching cringe comedy can be therapeutic. Find out why some of us are drawn to the build-up of stress in shows like ‘Frasier’ and ‘The Office’.

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The house of Joan

The longueurs of hospital stays and enforced inactivity were the spur to Joan’s precise tailoring skills and flamboyant creations, all to the benefit of her fashion-loving sisters.

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  • Two men in elaborate costume, one representing 1549 with a sword and chains on his shoes and the other of 1819 with a cane and spurs on his boots. Coloured etching.
  • A painted spur-fowl (Galloperdix lunulosa). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.
  • Engineering: a worm gear and spur gearwheel, side and end elevations. Coloured drawing, 1845.
  • A spur-maker (spurrier) working at a bench as he talks to a customer. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Monkeys around a fruit tree spur on two monkeys to jump and catch fruit. Etching by G. Bickham after Gillot.
  • Spanish lantern; animal products. Bone objects (including necklace for teething); small mammal's jawbone; 2 salt-codfish jawbones, cock's spur, bezoar, fishes earbones, and equine 'chetsnuts', badges paw.
  • The Grand Vizier's Tent. The principle figure is that of the Vizier, seen applying his seal to the firman which authorised the British to enter Jerusalem. (L to R) Sir Sidney Smith, Lieutenant Bower, Mr Spurring and Mr Spilsbury 1799, during the Defence of the Ottoman Empire against General Bonaparte
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1800, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
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