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Succumbing to stimming in dance

As a child, Susanna Dye felt ashamed of their need to stim, but has found a way to incorporate these repetitive movements into their creative practice as a dancer and facilitator.

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A symbol of a lost homeland

The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.

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Native Americans through the 19th-century lens

The stories behind Rinehart's photographs may not be as black and white as they first appear.

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In the tracks of Derek Jarman’s tears

Researcher E K Myerson shares her moving encounters with the personal papers of artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman.

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  • Beads and Interment on Middleton Moor
  • Glass, milky beads, fig-hands and beads.
  • Fluorescent beads
  • Fluorescent beads
  • Urinometer beads.
  • Multi-sized beads, fluorescence
  • Coral, rough beads, fragments.
  • Multi-sized beads (constellation stained), fluorescence
  • A Hindu ascetic man (sadhu) with beads around his neck is carrying a begging jar and prayer beads. Watercolour.
  • Amber facetted beads; neckalce for teething child.
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