Frontispiece from 鈥 探花直播Good House-wife made Doctor鈥,  published in 1698 as a manual of household remedies and medical cures

A taste of early modern medicine

18 July 2014

Historic recipe books and physicians鈥 manuals featuring home-made cures from the聽17th century have gone on display to the public for the first time, as part of a new exhibition revealing the secrets of early modern household knowledge.

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Ireland鈥檚 Troy?

23 April 2014

As Ireland marks the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf 鈥 portrayed as a heroic encounter between Irish and Vikings which defined the nation鈥檚 identity - new research argues that our main source for what happened may be more literary history than historical fact.

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Dr Frederick Sanger (1918-2013)

20 November 2013

Dr Frederick Sanger, recognised by many as the 鈥渇ather of genomics鈥, died in 2013 at the age of 95. 探花直播founding member of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, and the person after whom the Sanger Institute is named, he was known as an extremely modest and self-effacing man whose innumerable scientific contributions had an extraordinary impact on molecular biology.

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探花直播first book of fashion

01 May 2013

Fashion conveys complex messages. 探花直播recreation of an outfit taken from one of an extraordinary series of Renaissance portraits reveals how one man made his mark on society.聽

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Oil painting of Varallo, Italy, by Samuel Butler, 1885

Bella Italia: an Englishman鈥檚 adventures abroad

11 January 2013

A Butler Day at St John鈥檚 College tomorrow (12 January) celebrates the many trips to Italy undertaken by the polymath Samuel Butler, author of Erewhon. 探花直播event comprises an exhibition and talks which are open to the public and free of charge.

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