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A body of one’s own: Medical mystery in the modern age

Recently, I found myself marooned in that most demoralising of places, the NHS waiting list. I was soon falling down the rabbit hole of catastrophisation, after succumbing to the inevitable temptation of googling my symptoms (it wasn’t looking good).

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All buttered up: Broche, and the art of the perfect croissant

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Lifestyle

A body of one’s own: Medical mystery in the modern age

Loaf actually? A guide to Oxford’s sourdough

It’s 2016’s world, and we’re just living in it (or are we?)

All buttered up: Broche, and the art of the perfect croissant

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