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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Autism and the ache of loneliness
Explore the thoughts of an autistic loneliness researcher in this quietly expressive extract from Daniel Tammet’s book ‘Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum’.
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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.
Catalogue
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Observations on the Tea and Window Act, and on the tea trade. By Richard Twining
Twining, Richard- E-books
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The Darjeeling distinction : labor and justice on fair-trade tea plantations in India / Sarah Besky.
Besky, Sarah, 1981-Date: [2014]
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A tea plantation in China: workers load tea canisters for export onto rafts. Coloured lithograph.
Date: [approximately 1800]Reference: 25239iPart of: A tea plantation in China
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A tea plantation in China: workers tread down congou tea into chests. Coloured lithograph.
Date: [approximately 1800]Reference: 25238iPart of: A tea plantation in China
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A tea plantation in China: workers pack the tea into canisters for export. Coloured lithograph.
Date: [approximately 1800]Reference: 25237iPart of: A tea plantation in China