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The trouble with absinthe
Famed for inducing “green fairy” hallucinations, absinthe has been simultaneously lauded for its medicinal properties and condemned as the source of debasement and debauchery.
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Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern
Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.
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The leukaemia diagnosis I didn’t see coming
Treatment for leukaemia kept journalist Hannah Partos in isolation, like the female prisoner whose image inspired her to write this piece.
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Wormwood Scrubs Prison
Date: 29 Dec 1966Reference: PENROSE/2/24/6/6/13Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers
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Wormwood Scrubs Prison: a prisoner standing in a dock before the governor, in the presence of guards. Process print after Paul Renouard, 1889.
Renouard, Paul, 1845-1924.Date: [1889]Reference: 37726i
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Wormwood Scrubs Prison, London: a prisoner in the chain-room where manacles are stored: he is cleaning them. Process print after Paul Renouard.
Renouard, Paul, 1845-1924.Date: [1889]Reference: 37729i
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Wormwood Scrubs Prison: a convict sitting in a bare room on a stool with some work in his hands. Process print after Paul Renouard.
Renouard, Paul, 1845-1924.Date: [1889]Reference: 37728i
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Wormwood Scrubs prison, London: four cooks in prison uniform standing in a line in front of buckets and baskets. Process print after P. Renouard, 1889.
Renouard, Paul, 1845-1924.Date: [1889]Reference: 37857i