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The work of wet-nursing
| Alev ScottVicky Scott
Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.
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Inside the mind of Somewhere in Between’s curator, Laurie Britton Newell
| Gwendolyn Smith
The exhibition's curator shares her secrets.
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Thousands of years of women’s pain
| Jaipreet VirdiAnne Howeson
Even in the 21st century, women with severe monthly pain find their suffering minimised or dismissed by the medical profession. Such pain is seen as simply a natural part of being female.
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What our facial hair says about us
| David JesudasonSteven Pocock
Five bearded and moustachioed men choose five hirsute archive images to help them reflect on the way facial hair is linked with personality and identity.
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The girl with no name
| Paul Craddock
When a now anonymous teenager sold her tooth for transplant, she couldn’t have predicted that she’d end up at the heart of a troubling story about 18th-century beauty ideals.