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Surviving as a working-class woman without work

An enforced period of unemployment was extremely tough for Claire Hart, a working-class woman with a strong work ethic. Here she describes her feelings during this difficult time.

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Generation portraits

Photographer Julian Germain’s major project focusing on portraits of multi-generational families came to a sudden halt during the various Covid-19 lockdowns. Here families celebrate coming together again in words and images.

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Surviving fatness

It took time for LMM to discover that being fat and poor are mutually exclusive. Here she describes resisting fatphobia by being visible and leaning in to the stereotype.

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Getting around the rules of sex education

What should we and shouldn’t we teach our teens about sex, inside and outside of the classroom?

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  • Up to 40% cheaper pet insurance : we'll look after the unexpected vet bills from £4 for cats and £7 for dogs per month / Tesco Personal Finance Limited.
  • Up to 40% cheaper pet insurance : we'll look after the unexpected vet bills from £4 for cats and £7 for dogs per month / Tesco Personal Finance Limited.
  • Top: Daniel O'Connell as a cock supported by Jewish finance and the Roman Catholic church; below, O'Connell withdrawing from fighting a duel (?). Coloured lithograph by Robert Seymour, 1835.
  • A Jewish man selling oranges outside the Royal Exchange in London; a Jewish man in a top hat and coat displaying a bond for £50,000 that he has acquired; representing the advancement of Jews from street-selling to high finance. Wood engraving, 18--.
  • Details of an HIV and AIDS helpline available in Norway financed by the Norway State for Health. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The Panama Canal: the French Ministry of Justice opens an enquiry into its financing. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, one of those responsible for its financing, having fled France, spends his time fishing in Bournemouth. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: for an enquiry into its financing, a policeman guards a prison-cell in which some of the principals are remanded. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, one of those responsible for its financing, gets on a train to flee France after the collapse of the company. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, having fled to Bournemouth to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, simulates illness to avoid extradition to France. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
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