Doctors are drawn into their profession for all sorts of reasons. Some follow in the footsteps of a relative or friend. Others excel at science at school. In my case, the decision was made one morning ...

This 18th-century status symbol turned the simple act of taking tobacco into a display of taste, performance, and theatre.

A bone snuff box confiscated from the serial killer and grave-robber William Burke before he was hanged in 1829 has fetched more than £2500 at auction in the city where he murdered at least 16 people.

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