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Why the world needs collectors
| Anna Faherty
Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.
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Coleridge’s hypochondria
| Mike JayNaki Narh
An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.
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Political brilliance and the power of self-promotion
| Anna Faherty
How do you convince people you’re exceptional? Meet the ultimate self-styled genius.
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Disturbed minds and disruptive bodies
| Rachel BennettCatherine CoxHilary Marland
Prison officers tried to regulate women’s minds and bodies and maintain a new disciplinary routine in the second half of the 1800s.
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Celebrating our soft toys
| Elspeth Wilsonthe participantsBenjamin Gilbert
After cuddling a teddy bear cured her insomnia, Elspeth Wilson was inspired to speak to four other autistic and disabled adults, who praise the roles soft toys play in their lives.