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  • Nepal; street cleaning in Kathmandu, 1986. In the mid-1980s, Kathmandu was a mix of medieval architecture and urban sprawl. Television was a late-comer to Nepal but by the 1980s, the skyline of urban areas had become peppered with television aerials. Copying western culture and values became fashionable, and drug addiction amongst the young increased significantly during the decade.
  • The half-shaded face of a man seen on a television screen, advertising a documentary video about an AIDS-sufferer. Colour lithograph, 1986.
  • A man and a woman applying a handkerchief to a television set showing a sneezing man, to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Colour lithograph after Allan Carter.
  • A doctor on the telephone (which is linked up to a television screen) to a patient whom he can both observe and talk to from a distance; representing possible technical innovations. Line block after D.L. Ghilchip, 1932.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • The word 'AIDS' in Hindi with an image of an Indian family sitting around a table on which sit AIDS pamphlets; the black silhouette of a couple appears on the television screen behind representing the importance of safe sex and AIDS prevention. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A muscular man in briefs rests his hands on the shoulders of two other men sitting either side of him against a corrugated iron fence; representing a calendar for 1994 and an advertisement for condoms and water-based lubricant; produced by Lowndes Film & Television Production for the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations. Colour lithograph by Simon Michaels Design Services and Michael Dewhurst, 1994.
  • Recto: a figure sits at a desk looking at a condom with a row of models of the penis surrounded by random images including a robot, a television, a figure on a skateboard; advertisement by ArtReach for Prototypes, a Center for Innovation in health, mental health and social services. Colour lithograph by John Tat.
  • A man lights a match while lying on a bed on which sits a plate with accessories for drug use, a television is on in the background; with the message in French: "You came. You're in a hurry? You make a fix. You use the old gear. Now it's probably rising to the head. New syringe, new materials. Protect yourself from AIDS and hepatitus. Protect others"; an advertisement for the Drogues Info Service by the CFES and Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité, Secrétariat d'état à la Santé.
  • Senna corymbosa (Lam.)H.S.Irwin&Barneby Caesalpinaceae. Argentine Senna. Distribution: Argentine (other species from Europe). This beautiful shrub that flowers from midsummer until the frosts of winter, is the source of one of the best known of all herbal medicines – Senokot (and senna pods and senna tea), introduced to European medicine (as Senna alexandrina from Egypt) by the Arabians. Every part of the plant contains anthraquinones which, if taken internally, act as a powerful laxative to treat constipation by stimulating the nerve cells of the large bowel. Gerard (1633) notes ‘it is a singular purging medicine’ with over a page on its uses. When used regularly the nerves to the large bowel may be destroyed, leaving a permanently dilated large bowel that never functions properly again. This is a plant which causes the condition it treats to become permanent. Additionally, with prolonged use, the lining of the bowel turns black, serum potassium levels may fall, resulting in cardiac irregularities and sometimes death. Coma, neuropathy and hepatitis have also been reported. It is advertised on television (the actor involved is seen to be depressed and bloated until she takes Senokot, after which she is happy - Hippocrates would have attributed this antidepressant effect to the plant's ability to purge her of the black melancholic humour present in her bowel motions). It is available without prescription or health warning against long-term use. What do you think? Lyte (1578) recommends it strongly for depression, but one might claim to be cured rather than take it again. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Senna corymbosa (Lam.)H.S.Irwin&Barneby Caesalpinaceae. Argentine Senna. Distribution: Argentine (other species from Europe). This beautiful shrub that flowers from midsummer until the frosts of winter, is the source of one of the best known of all herbal medicines – Senokot (and senna pods and senna tea), introduced to European medicine (as Senna alexandrina from Egypt) by the Arabians. Every part of the plant contains anthraquinones which, if taken internally, act as a powerful laxative to treat constipation by stimulating the nerve cells of the large bowel. Gerard (1633) notes ‘it is a singular purging medicine’ with over a page on its uses. When used regularly the nerves to the large bowel may be destroyed, leaving a permanently dilated large bowel that never functions properly again. This is a plant which causes the condition it treats to become permanent. Additionally, with prolonged use, the lining of the bowel turns black, serum potassium levels may fall, resulting in cardiac irregularities and sometimes death. Coma, neuropathy and hepatitis have also been reported. It is advertised on television (the actor involved is seen to be depressed and bloated until she takes Senokot, after which she is happy - Hippocrates would have attributed this antidepressant effect to the plant's ability to purge her of the black melancholic humour present in her bowel motions). It is available without prescription or health warning against long-term use. What do you think? Lyte (1578) recommends it strongly for depression, but one might claim to be cured rather than take it again. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Joyeux Noël avec les humoristes de Canal+ : Le very best of : un cadeau hilarant et solidaire à offrir sans modération / Studio Canal, Solidarité Sida, Canal+ [and 2 others].
  • Joyeux Noël avec les humoristes de Canal+ : Le very best of : un cadeau hilarant et solidaire à offrir sans modération / Studio Canal, Solidarité Sida, Canal+ [and 2 others].
  • Physical exercises for men and women. Colour lithograph, 1972.
  • A medical drama: a film director talks to actors playing a surgeon, a nurse and a patient. Oil painting by John Heseltine, ca. 1975/1980.
  • A medical drama: a film director talks to actors playing a surgeon, a nurse and a patient. Oil painting by John Heseltine, ca. 1975/1980.
  • Manifesto 2000 : the right to information / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.
  • Manifesto 2000 : the right to informed citizenship / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.
  • News flash : Night-nurse national TV starts 2 weeks from now.
  • News flash : Night-nurse national TV starts 2 weeks from now.
  • Now with the powerful new ingredient......national TV! : MAC Night-nurse cold remedy.
  • Now with the powerful new ingredient......national TV! : MAC Night-nurse cold remedy.
  • Red ribbons spelling the words 'AIDS' with details of the AIDS Walk for Life on Sunday October 1st 1995 at Kinsmen Park and Fieldhouse, Edmonton, Canada. Colour lithograph.
  • a documentary video about an AIDS-sufferer
  • Russell Harty. Process print, 198-.
  • Russell Harty. Process print, 198-.
  • Leaving by the window.