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- Article
- Article
The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
| Anna Faherty
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
- Book extract
- Book extract
The 200-year search for normal people
| Sarah ChaneyMaïa Walcott
Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.
- Article
- Article
Guerrilla public health
| Harry Shapiro
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
- Book extract
- Book extract
The castration effect
| Gavin FrancisBenjamin Gilbert
Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.
- Photo story
- Photo story
‘My Hair Is Not…’
| Inés Yearwood-Sanchez
Eight Black people talk about their relationship with their hair – their hairstyle history, their experiences, and how they decided to have natural hair.