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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
| Guy StaggJess Nash
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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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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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
| Ken Hollings
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
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The healing power of breathing
| Effie Webb
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
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How do advertisers get inside our heads?
| Charlie WilliamsSarah MarksDaniel Pick
Vance Packard exposed techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s advertisers that are still at work today in the age of big data.