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The shock of cardiac arrest when you’re young and fit

Footballer Christian Eriksen’s on-pitch collapse in 2020, witnessed by thousands, was shocking. Fellow cardiac-arrest survivor Meg Fozzard explores the risks in the young and fit, and how we can all help.

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Surviving sex work on the streets

In care at four, on the streets at nine, Charmaine has had a traumatic journey to reach life as it is now: no drugs, no sex work, looking after her mum, and enjoying her grandchildren. Here she writes honestly about her past.

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Audrey in the world

As the collection is fully catalogued, the archive is opened up to the public. A feature film about Audrey premieres, and Audrey gets her own Wikipedia page, so people can learn about her. For archivist Elena, it’s time to step back.

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“I’ve never talked to anybody about this before”

Douglas is furious. He’s at crisis point and needs help. Read the first of his two sessions with psychoanalyst Susie Orbach.

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  • Sinus arrest
  • Cardiac arrest, spontaneous sinus, 7 sec
  • Order signed by Emp. Rodolf II, ordering arrest of E. Kelley
  • The arrest of Adamites in a public square in Amsterdam. Etching with engraving.
  • The high priest questions Jesus after his arrest. Engraving by G. Huret after himself.
  • The arrest of Adamites in a public square in Amsterdam. Etching by F. Morellon la Cave.
  • The arrest of John Brown of Ashford, a Lollard, in 1517. Wood engraving after Alexander Johnston, 1856.
  • The arrest of Robespierre after his failed suicide attempt. Steel engraving by A. Revel after T. Johannot.
  • Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
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