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Rose Mackenberg’s deceptive activism

Discover how a New York private investigator became part of Houdini’s mission to expose the fraudulent mediums making money from their vulnerable, grieving clients.

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The freedom to provoke

Jamie Hale talks to performer and director Emma Selwyn about the joy of creating work that celebrates, rather than suppresses, autistic behaviours.

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Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test

The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.

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Can our sexual desires be transformed?

In the 1950s, many psychiatrists thought that homosexuality could be reformed. One found that it couldn’t – and his discoveries led to a change in the law.

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  • Jöns Jacob Berzelius. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after F. Krüger, 1828.
  • A futuristic vision: technology is over-sophisticated, and the masses devote themselves to intellectual pursuits, while the basic needs of society are neglected. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828, after F.A.
  • Antoine Signoret. Stipple engraving by A. Bosselman after himself.
  • Blaise Pascal. Coloured stipple engraving by T. Dale, 1822, after G. Edelinck after F. Quesnel, junior.
  • Sadler's Wells and the New River, with the city in the background. Engraving by A. Cruse after B. Lens, 1730.
  • Sadler's Wells and the New River, with the city in the background. Engraving by A. Cruse after B. Lens, 1730.
  • The monument to John Playfair (right) and the New Observatory (left) on Calton Hill, Edinburgh. Line engraving by A. Cruse after T. H. Shepherd.
  • Figures in front of Gillespie's Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland. Steel engraving by A. Cruse, 1830, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • The Royal Institution or School of Arts, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by A. Cruse, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • Bullock's Museum, (Egyptian Hall or London Museum), Piccadilly. Engraving by A. McClatchy, 1828, after T. H. Shepherd.
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