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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
| Emily Sargent
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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How to rehabilitate the concrete jungle
| Owen HatherleyJess Nash
A huge concrete housing estate from the 1960s, now seen as an ecological mistake, is being drastically redeveloped, compounding the environmental errors. Owen Hatherley posits a more creative solution.
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Born different
| Chris North
For Chris North, being born intersex in the 1940s meant his many childhood hospital visits, tests and operations were not explained or discussed. As he reveals, doctors encouraged strict secrecy.
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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.