Stories
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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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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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The fine gentleman's etiquette; or, Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son, versified. By a lady.
Lady.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The rudiments of genteel behavior by F. Nivelon.
Nivelon, François.Date: 1737- Books
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The lady's present to the fair sex: Being an infallible guide for their happy deportment thro' every stage of life. Digested under several important articles hereunder mentioned, viz. Of religion. Of modesty. Of meekness. Of compassion. Of assability. The duty of virgins. Of their deportment towards male sex. Of their friendships and censure. Of vanity, affectation, pride and diversions. Of Wives. Of their household-affairs, family and children. Of widows. The whole extracted from the writings of the politest c̆onomists, philosophers, poets and divines.
Lady.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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The polite philosopher: or, an essay on that art which makes a man happy in himself, and agreeable to others.
Forrester, James, -1765.Date: MDCCXXXVI. [1736]- Books
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The polite philosopher: or, an essay on that art which makes a man happy in himself, and agreeable to others.
Forrester, James, -1765.Date: MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]