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Communities of cross-feeders

A desire to help leads some women to “cross-feed” – breastfeed other parents’ babies for free. Alev Scott delves into the emotions behind this altruistic act.

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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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Life lessons across the digital divide

What could 86-year-old Tony teach 20-something Adele as she showed him how to use his smartphone? Rather a lot about digital exclusion, it turns out.

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The tower in fiction, film and life

The high-rise estates born of postwar idealism soon became symbols of crime and squalor. But after one terrible tragedy, public bodies are being forced to rethink our towers.

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  • A cloaked figure of death bearing the word 'AIDS' on one sleeve and holding syringes that spill blood as if weapons; advertisement for the Sterile Needle Exchange by the Life Foundation Community Health Outreach Program. Colour lithograph.
  • The seeress of Prevorst being revelations concerning the inner-life of man, and the inter-diffusion of a world of spirits in the one we inhabit / Communicated by Justinus Kerner ... [Translated] From the German by Mrs. Crowe.
  • In real life people have history : this is why we kiss and tell : talking about where you've been and where you want to go will help you... build a relationship based on trust and communication ... / GMHC, Club1319.
  • In real life people have history : this is why we kiss and tell : talking about where you've been and where you want to go will help you... build a relationship based on trust and communication ... / GMHC, Club1319.
  • A map of the area of Villcabamba, Ecuador, illustrated with buildings, rivers, people, animals and flowering plants and trees. Watercolour.
  • A group of female travellers washing and taking care of a new born baby while the mother recovers in a tent. Coloured aquatint by C. Rugendas after G. Rugendas I, 1702.
  • A group of female travellers washing and taking care of a new born baby while the mother recovers in a tent. Coloured aquatint by C. Rugendas after G. Rugendas I, 1702.
  • Society meeting place, Baden, Germany, with a view of the town in the background. Line engraving by F. Würthle after K. Lindemann-Frommel.
  • A woman breast feeding her child in front of the fire, other members of the family gather around. Etching by I.J. de Claussin, 1807, after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • A physician bandaging the hand of a boy, who is surrounded by his large family. Heliogravure by Dujardin after P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret.
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