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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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Lying low for lockdown and beyond

For Liz Carr the chances of catching Covid-19 are the same as for anyone else, but as a Disabled person she's at much greater risk of not getting the treatment she needs if she falls ill.

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The science of why things spread

From deadly pandemics to viral tweets, Adam Kucharski explores what makes something contagious.

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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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  • Saint Cecilia. Engraving by L. Stocks after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • The wise and foolish virgins. Engraving by L. Stocks, 1846, after J.E. Lauder.
  • A man has separated two boys who were fighting in the playground. Engraving by L. Stocks after W. Mulready.
  • A family enters a church at Ariccia for the christening of a child. Engraving by L. Stocks after P. Williams.
  • A young sailor has returned to his aged parents after running away to sea. Engraving by Lumb Stocks after Joseph Clark.
  • A traveller being entranced by a witch disguised as a beautiful woman in the Alps. Engraving by T. Stocks after F. Meadows.
  • Mitchel Troy, Wales: lich-gate and stocks outside the church. Photograph, ca. 1890.
  • Almondbury, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire: the stocks. Photograph by Fred H. Crossley, ca. 19--.
  • Four young children play together in a kitchen as their mother looks on holding a baby. Engraving by Lumb Stocks after A.H. Burr.
  • A group of young women and men are talking together in a room with a lamp on. Engraving by L. Stocks after Eugene Lami.
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