Stories
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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What the wind can bring
In this extract from ‘This Book is a Plant’, Amanda Thomson shares a newfound fascination with flowers, and reveals why our relationship with plants can also be complicated.
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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
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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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Observations on the Tea and Window Act, and on the tea trade. By Richard Twining.
Twining, Richard, the Elder.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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Observations on the tea and window Act, and on the tea trade. By Richard Twining
Twining, Richard, the Elder.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Archives and manuscripts
Tea Tabloids: circular letter and list of Export Houses
Date: 1894Reference: WF/L/06/008Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
"Roger's Specification for an Improvement in the Manufacture of Tea," and related papers
Date: 1891-1897Reference: WF/L/06/015Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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The art of tea blending : A handbook for the tea trade: a guide to tea merchants, brokers, dealers, and consumers, in the secret of successful tea mixing.
Date: [1882]