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A journey through slime

Did you know that slime cells signal to each other and seek out multiple partners? Welcome to bath time with Abi Palmer – and some revolting yet awe-inspiring grey slime.

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Lustmord and the three perspectives of murder

Artist Jenny Holzer's work shines a light on the three perspectives of sexual murder: the victim, the perpetrator and the observer.

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Doris Day blows against

Dodie Bellamy remembers a heady summer watching Doris Day grimace and gust in vintage movies, her expressive exhalations changing her onscreen world with a puff.

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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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  • Pemphigus affecting the fingers
  • Lantern slide: Multiple chondromata of fingers.
  • A man's hands, palms down, fingers closed, showing misshapen fingers. Photograph by L. Haase after H.W. Berend, 1862.
  • Cross-sections of hands and fingers and amputations of fingers. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • Photograph showing deformity of the hand and fingers
  • Guaging size of ice-ball - ungloved fingers
  • Idiopathic gangrene of the fingers of a child
  • Idiopathic gangrene of the fingers of a child
  • Hands and feet of a child with hammer fingers
  • Illustration showing the position of the fingers and thumb.
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