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Navigating in a connected world

Alex Lee ponders the promising ideas, stalled projects and pricey gadgets that aim to help visually impaired people get out and about. But it seems that an actual human could be the essential ingredient.

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A doctor, his community and coronavirus

Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.

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Is fake news killing fictive art?

Parafictional artists create projects where the imaginary interacts with real life. But the growth of so-called ‘fake news’ is providing a new challenge.

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Is shoegaze the loneliest genre of music?

Christine Ro explores the connection between shyness and shoegaze.

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  • A skeleton encircled with a decorative band. Woodcut.
  • Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving after a photograph.
  • A native band owned by Lukala, [chiefteners] at Lusambo
  • A procession to war with a band and cavalry. Gouache drawing.
  • Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.
  • A band of seven blinded soldiers playing the banjo. Photograph, ca. 1919.
  • A young woman with a moon-shaped head-band (Diana). Etching by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.
  • A band of brigands robbing and killing men in a wild terrain. Etching by D.A. Fossati, 1743, after M. Ricci.
  • American Pharmaceutical Association: an outdoors event: members listening to a band concert: panoramic view. Photograph by Schutz, 1934.
  • A band of militiamen in uniform marching in a disorderly manner, headed by a drummer. Etching by M. Darly, 1777, after E. Topham.
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