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Theft, lies and butterflies: the Englishman who stole thousands of specimens from our museums

In his rollicking scientific true-crime book, The Butterfly Thief, Walter Marsh delves into the dark side of museum collection histories – and one...

15.10.2025 20

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Prudence Gibson

Friday essay: cure or kill? The deadly serious world of poison gardens – and why I planted my own

Not every plant is your friend. Not every plant is good. I know this because I’ve been researching the history of poison gardens and have planted a...

31.10.2024 1

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Prudence Gibson

Sex, plants and colonisation: reclaiming botany from the tendrils of empire

The field of plant-humanities includes botany, taxonomy and plant evolution on the one hand, and literature, law and the arts on the other. Recent...

02.09.2024 1

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Prudence Gibson