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Issue 48: the Cosmic House museum
A peek inside the ‘idiosyncratic private house-turned-museum’ in a residential neighbourhood of west London.
Vernacular/Nostalgia #2: behind the scenes at the museum
'I made a point of photographing the corridors, cabinets, shelves, and stores which held the museum’s more than 80million specimens.'
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Issue 47: the most important publication in science was paid for in fish books
‘It defined how we understand the universe and popularised the ‘scientific method’, which is the bedrock of modern science.’
Vernacular/Nostalgia #1: cedar trees
‘I have a bit of a thing for using French knots as foliage.’
August 2023
Issue 46: ornamental hermits
'It might strike the 21st Century reader as bizarre, even hilarious, but in the 18th Century it was taken seriously, it was a fashion.'
From the archives: X marks the spot
A typographic tale of love and hate, hide and seek.
July 2023
From the archives: of multi-generational migration fame
What we know about the monarch butterfly and "the most remarkable biological phenomena in the world".
From the archives: the crucial role of women in the birth of the Bronze Age
The gender stereotype-redefining research that puts women at the forefront of major innovation in ancient history.
June 2023
From the archives: Goodbye Gary Arber
I’m taking the summer to reflect on the purpose (and potential new format?!) of this newsletter. So, to tide you over, I’m sharing one of my favourite…
Issue 45: the tree that time forgot (for a few million years)
The story of 'one of the most dramatic comebacks in natural history'.
Issue 44: the influence of medievalism on the Suffragettes
And how a love of Chaucer could have inspired one of the most infamous moments of the votes for women campaign.
May 2023
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