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    September 2018

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    Gangs and knife-crime fears: how has Britain responded through history?

    A 12th-century English manuscript shows a surgeon operating on a patient's eye. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
    Medieval

    Kill or cure? 10 medieval medical practices and their effectiveness

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    Victorian

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    Victorian

    Books interview with Lucy Inglis: “Opium has held mankind’s hand since the beginning”

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    Veggie Victorians: how Britain responded to the rise of the meat-free movement

    The Fountain of Arethusa on Ortygia, the historical heart of Syracuse, separated from the main city by a small channel. (Photo by Alamy)
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    My favourite place: Syracuse, Sicily

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    A portrait of King James I of Scotland. James was taken prisoner by the English in 1406, and it would be 18 years before he was freed to take the reins of power in his native nation. (Photo by Bridgeman Art Library)
    Medieval

    James I: Henry V’s Scottish protege

    Jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis, shown here in 1969, was central to the story of jazz. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)
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    A doctor examines a patient's urine in an illustration from the 13th century. Uroscopy, the study of urine, was one of the medieval physician's most effective tools, and is still employed today. (Photo by Bridgman Art Library)
    Medieval

    Medieval medicine: killer or cure?

    Australian PoWs in a camp at the Sumatran city of Pekanbaru, c1945. More than 80,000 forced labourers, including PoWs, died during the construction of Sumatran railway, most the victims of disease, starvation and maltreatment. (Photo by State Library of Victoria)
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    The Sumatran Railway: The forgotten death railway

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