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What our facial hair says about us

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 castration effect

Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.

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Drugs in Victorian Britain

Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?

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What is structural violence?

Structural violence is seemingly invisible. But its tentacles have invaded every part of many people’s lives, thoughts, experiences and expectations, shaping them in ways they don’t even realise.

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  • Illustration of man with Beard
  • Michael Faraday. Engraving by C. Cook after R. Beard.
  • Michael Faraday. Engraving by C. Cook after R. Beard.
  • James Sheridan Muspratt. Stipple engraving by J. Le Conte after Feard & Beard.
  • A poor street peddlar selling rhubarb and spices in London. Wood engraving after R. Beard.
  • Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: Ephraim Beard, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
  • Photograph of Henry Wellcome (three-quarter face with beard)
  • Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: a child of the Beard family, as a convalescent smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
  • Johann Staininger, a man with a very long beard. Aquatint.
  • Julianne Sleebus, a woman with a large beard. Process print, 190-.
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