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- Article
The leukaemia diagnosis I didn’t see coming
| Hannah Partos
Treatment for leukaemia kept journalist Hannah Partos in isolation, like the female prisoner whose image inspired her to write this piece.
- Photo story
- Photo story
How wigs help children handle hair loss
| Carmel KingHelen Babbs
For young people who lose their hair during cancer treatment, a wig can make them feel normal again. Carmel King photographs some of the processes and people involved with a charity providing beautiful human-hair wigs for kids.
- Article
- Article
Pain, politics and the power of photography
| Giulia Smith
Art historian Giulia Smith explains what she most admires in the work of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, and how their approach makes illness political.
- Article
- Article
The solidarity of sickness
| Sinéad GleesonCamilla Greenwell
Visiting an injured friend in hospital prompts writer Sinéad Gleeson to reflect on the instant rapport forged between compatriots in the kingdom of the sick.