The apothecary’s wife

Efforts to prohibit abortion down the ages

LEECHES and baked owl might not be the first remedies we reach for when feeling poorly, but in the Middle Ages, that was just what the doctor ordered. Medieval medicine was a mix of magic, myth and cu

ADMISSIONS SHADOW WORK Loneliness and the literary ...

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TRICKS LITERARY ILLUSIONS Performance magic and Victorian ...

It was Friday 13 December – Luca Day in Hungary. The village of Nagyrév, steeped in customs and superstitions, viewed Luca Day as an opportunity to ward off evil forces and manifest plentiful crops. O