Dyeing and dying
A teacher in Harrow complained to his MP that he had been banned from marking pupils’ work in red ink in case it upset them. Some origins of ink:
Black Made from burned bones, tar and pitch in India by the 4th century BC. Made from soot in China by the 3rd century BC.
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