Animal-lovers and medics clash

Women hurled rotten vegetables and the contents of chamber pots from upstairs windows. Paving stones were prised loose to block the roads, while an overturned builder’s lorry became a barricade. Child

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From miasma to miracles: how medieval medicine desperately battled the bubonic plague

Your interesting feature about the role of medieval warhorses in shaping British history (August) reminded me of a subsequent occasion in which horsepower became a critical factor. In April 1660, with

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A ‘broken’ asylum system and a growing anti-immigration backlash has been the defining hot topic of the summer and an ongoing headache for the government while MPs have been on recess. Immigration and