Stories
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On contagion
Reading descriptions of the way humans become infested by parasitic flatworms, Daisy Lafarge experienced painful physical symptoms. Perhaps the very creature she was studying had invaded her body.
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Between two summers
As Michael Malay tends his allotment, absorbing all the sensations of his surroundings, he finds the repetition of work calms the mind.
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How slums make people sick
A newly gentrified corner of Bermondsey leaves little clue to its less salubrious history. But a few intrepid writers recorded the details of existence in one of London’s most squalid slums.
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Inside the mind of Living with Buildings curator, Emily Sargent
Curator Emily Sargent reveals why council estates and a Finnish TB sanatorium were chosen for the ‘Living with Buildings’ exhibition.
Catalogue
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Dwellings of Manchester Operatives.
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Dwellings for the Working Classes, Peabody Square, Shadwell.
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Dwellings of the poor in Bethnal Green, water supply 1863
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Dwellings for the poor. Part of the Corporation Buildings, Farringdon Road, London
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Dwellings for the labouring classes : report of th medical officer of health to the sanitary committee.
Newcastle upon Tyne (England)Date: 1890