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Thunderbolts and lightning
Fire in the sky has always exerted a hold on our imagination, even as early scientists unlocked the secrets of atmospheric electricity.
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How I escaped my anxiety and depression through architecture and poetry
Social anxiety led him to introversion and silence. The brutalist architecture of London’s Barbican Estate inspired his liberation in poetry.
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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet
Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
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Disability, education and prejudice
In the 1960s and 1970s, thalidomide survivors had to fight for a proper education. If they weren’t brought up in institutions, they were often viewed as objects of curiosity, encountering verbal and sometimes physical abuse, both at school and in the world beyond.
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Nature display'd, a new work. By different gentlemen, on several subjects. Lectures on philosophy; Such as the Creation of Earth, Animals, and Vegetables. Likewise the cause and consequence of religion, In Letters to an English Nobleman, from Egypt, By a Free-Mason Philosopher. A twelve-month's tour of observations through America. Poetry on different subjects. Also Political Hints Offered to the Legislature and Freeholders of England, &c. &c. &c. By Charles Varlo, Esq. Author of the Yorkshire Farmer, New System of Husbandry, Essence of Agriculture, and Political Schemes.
Varlo, Charles, approximately 1725-approximately 1795.Date: 1793- Archives and manuscripts
Papers by John Padel
Date: c.1969-1993Reference: PP/RYC/F.2/3Part of: Rycroft, Dr Charles (1914-1998)