Stories
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Eating their own kind
In his grisly history of cannibalism, zoologist Bill Schutt asks what drives an animal to feast on its own flesh and blood.
- Photo story
Beautiful bedding and how to die well
When you are unwell, your bed can be both a refuge and a prison. Discover how artist Poppy Nash created a bed-centred artwork inspired by her own chronic illness and depictions of ill health from history.
Catalogue
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Remarks suggested by the Glasgow bills of mortality. I. On the mortality of children in Glasgow.
Cowan, Robert, 1796-1849.Date: 1832- Books
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Stanzas on mortality : subjoined to the Northampton bills of mortality, for several years / by W. Cowper.
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.Date: [1816]- Books
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Observations on the bills of mortality, in Carlisle, for the year 1779.
Heysham, John, 1753-1834.Date: 1780?]- Books
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Observations on the bills of mortality, in Carlisle, for the year 1780.
Heysham, John, 1753-1834.Date: 1781?]- Books
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An Act for regulating the journeymen taylors within the weekly bills of mortality.
Great Britain.Date: 1721]