Stories
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Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
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To write in golden photographs
When Rachel Genn’s brother disappeared, a newspaper article led the family to his bedside. But the accident he’d barely survived was not to be the last tragedy in his life.
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How ritual creates meaning
In a world that encourages us to quash our sense of wonder, ritual can help push away apathy and nurture life-enhancing creativity and imagination.
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People against pollution
Alice Bell reflects on what happens when communities help solve environmental problems, and whether citizen science can help fight industrial pollution today.
Catalogue
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Pilot Whale Campaign.
Pilot Whale Campaign.Date: [1994?]- Pictures
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Greenland: above, indigenous fish including seals; centre, three different whales; below, whale fisher in their attire. Coloured engraving.
Date: [1705]Reference: 42324i- Pictures
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Greenland: fishermen spearing whales from the safety of their boats; right, whale fisher in their attire. Coloured engraving.
Date: [1705]Reference: 42326i- Books
XXVIII. Observations on the structure and oeconomy of whales / by John Hunter ; communicated by Sir Joseph Banks.
Hunter, John, 1728-1793.Date: 1787]- Pictures
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Whaling: sailors arriving at Greenland to kill whales, their ships being out at sea. Aquatint by R. Dodd, 1789.
Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815.Date: [Jany. 1st. 1789]Reference: 37593i