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Learning about two of the world’s earliest creation stories and the amusing part our favourite alcoholic beverage plays in one of them.

A pair of stories about irregularities in the species classification record.

Nov 18

The evidence of the real-life inspiration for Dracula’s English home, Carfax.

Nov 4

Louvain Rees explains what her job is all about and shares some of her favourite discoveries.

Oct 21

The fact and the fiction behind a spooky museum specimen.

Oct 7

A short story written in 1921 by Edward Heron-Allen – a polymath who practised law and palmistry and was an expert on violins and Persian literature …

Oct 7

One man’s failure was another man’s fortune.

Sep 23

How contemporary creators – and campaigners of the past – have turned insult into inspiration.

Sep 9

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