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When ‘get well soon’ doesn’t cut it

When loved ones are seriously ill, we can hide behind dishonest platitudes or struggle to find the words. Meet the woman working to fix how we speak to sick people.

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A history of mindfulness

Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.

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Are doctors medical detectives?

Do doctors really identify medical conditions in the same way that detectives solve crimes? Neurologist Jules Montague makes her diagnosis.

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Butch drag in the builders’ caff

Two men in a café dressed in practical workwear might seem indistinguishable, but closer inspection reveals layers of complex, nuanced identity.

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  • Cutting relating to Bartholomew Joseph Alexander Dominiceti
  • A Song to the Celestial Bed. Cutting dated July 28, 1781.
  • A Song to the Celestial Bed. Cutting dated July 28, 1781.
  • [Cutting from The London Journal (1853?) titled: 'The earthmen in Southern Africa'. ].
  • Miniature: surgeon cutting facial fistula
  • Knives for cutting fine sections.
  • Interior of cutting shop, bad ventilation
  • Press cutting: cornerstone of Wellcome Building, 1931
  • A barber cutting a boy's hair. Lithograph.
  • [Undated newspaper cutting titled: A giant's devices].
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Part of Misbehaving Bodies Drop-in Workshops

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