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A body apart from the head
| Rob Bidder
We look back at the importance of the head, from how it’s influenced our language to the bold political statement of having it removed.
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The current that kills
| Ruth Garde
In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.
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The ancient doctors who refused payment
| Christopher DeCouSteven Pocock
The NHS might only be 70 years old, but the idea of free healthcare goes back to Ancient Greece, when devout doctors provided their services without charge.
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Hamlet, the melancholic Prince of Denmark
| Nelly Ekström
Hamlet clearly demonstrates an excess of black bile and is arguably the most famous literary melancholic.
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Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
| Jill BurkeSteven Pocock
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.