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The healing power of the physic garden

Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.

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Race, religion and the Black Madonna

Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.

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My body, my hair

To depilate or not to depilate? Farah Esset and Eden Rickson share a collection of personal pictures and stories that explore the intimate interplay between body hair and identity.

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  • Worshipful Society of Apothecaries.
  • Portrait of William Thomas Brande, from the portrait in the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
  • Laboratory of Society of Apothecaries of London
  • Laboratory of Society of Apothecaries of London
  • Arms of the Society of Apothecaries of London
  • Society of Apothecaries of London. Plan of improvements to Physic Garden, 1725.
  • Society of Apothecaries of London. Cedar trees in Physic Garden looking south.
  • Society of Apothecaries of London. Cedar trees in Physic Garden looking north.
  • The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries' pharmacy, Water Lane, Blackfriars, London: a woman is served by the pharmacist, who stands behind a high polished wood counter, in front of shelves holding glass pharmacy jars. Photograph, ca. 1935.
  • Spectrum analysis : six lectures, delivered in 1868, before the Society of Apothecaries of London / by Sir Henry E. Roscoe ; with appendices, coloured plates and illustrations.
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