Londonist Out Loud: A Podcast For London, 26 October 2012
The treasures of the Wellcome Library, medical curiosities, and London’s languages.
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From The Cuming Museum: The Screaming Mandrake Of Barking
Presenting the first in a series of curious objects from our Museum of the Month: the Cuming Museum. This knobbly object is a Mandrake root from Surrey, bent into the shape of woman holding a child. It was acquired by Edward Lovett, an Edwardian collector …
