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Eating the planet

 
A half-eaten breakfast
A half-eaten breakfast

How do cows get into a lasagne?

Turning the raw ingredients into edible foodstuffs takes the intervention of technology. Follow food from pasture to plate.

Fancy an English?

Gordon Ramsay samples the delights of 15th Century supper - so how modern is modern British food?

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What impact does your diet have on the planet? Is your fast food contributing to global warming? Explore the true costs of your diet.

 

Screenshot from the interactive

Launch "Your diet - at what cost"

The tool is a Flash file. There is also a simple HTML version.

 
 

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Hüzünlü Bosphorus

Engin Isin takes us to the banks of the Bosphorus and Istanbul, a city of longing and joy.

Doctors at work

A very British institution - but one shaped by migrant labour. Meet the doctors who shaped the NHS.

Dragonfly

Bringing our calendar to life: Dragonflies, hawkmoths and plovers.

 
 

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