Stories
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Graveyards as green getaways
Stressed city dwellers have been visiting cemeteries in greater numbers since the start of the pandemic. Discover how, despite the constant reminders of death, graveyards bring visitors a sense of renewal.
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The making of ‘Quacks’
How do you create a medical comedy that’s authentic and laugh-out-loud funny?
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How to rehabilitate the concrete jungle
A huge concrete housing estate from the 1960s, now seen as an ecological mistake, is being drastically redeveloped, compounding the environmental errors. Owen Hatherley posits a more creative solution.
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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The balloon "Royal Victoria" being launched at night by Charles Green at Vauxhall Gardens, London, watched by crowds of people. Wood engraving by Dalziel Brothers, 1878.
Date: 1878Reference: 36384i- Books
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Hamlet : from a psychological point of view / by W. Dyson Wood.
Wood, William Dyson.Date: 1870- Books
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Remarks on the plea of insanity, and on the management of criminal lunatics / by William Wood.
Wood, William, 1816-1892.Date: 1851- Pictures
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The Charterhouse, London: boys playing cricket. Wood engraving, 1862.
Date: 1862Reference: 22270i- Books
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Principles of the human mind deduced from physical laws : being a sequel to Elements of electro-biology ; together with The lecture on the voltaic mechanism of man, delivered at the London Institution, April 11, 1849 / by Alfred Smee, F.R.S., senior surgeon to the Royal General Dispensary, surgeon to the Bank of England, and to the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital, and lecturer on surgery.
Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877.Date: 1849