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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?

Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.

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Would you like to buy a unicorn?

The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.

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Why do victims become violent?

Witnessing both overt violence and coercive control can cause invisible harm to children. But preventing them from repeating that behaviour in the future remains a challenge.

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What is violence?

Criminologist Laura Bui explores her early understanding of violence and outlines its definition and wider consequences.

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  • Bulk buy leaflet / National AIDS Trust.
  • Rembert Dodoens. Line engraving by R. Vinkeles after J. Buys.
  • Gijsbert van Isendoorn. Line engraving by R. Vinkeles, 1795, after J. Buys.
  • Try your bumps : buy Hudson's soap in dozens.
  • Try your bumps : buy Hudson's soap in dozens.
  • Manchu ladies buying hair ornaments, Peking, Pechilie province, China
  • Lucas van Steveninck. Line engraving by R. Vinkeles & C. Bogerts after J. Buys.
  • Petrus Camper. Line engraving by R. Vinkeles and C. Bogerts, 1792, after J. Buys.
  • Buy Co-operative pasteurised milk : rich, pure / [Co-operative Wholesale Society].
  • China: Manchu women buying flowers for their headdress, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
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