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Living with less for spiritual gain

Today, a minimalist lifestyle is trumpeted as a route to happiness. Find out what religious ascetics from history and modern proponents of the spartan-looking home can teach us.

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Breaking the rules of online dating

Artists are taking on the trolls of Tinder and the gremlins of Grindr to question the limits of online dating.

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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist

Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.

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How depression ruined my relationship with sleep

One reaction to depression is a craving for sleep, creating a dependence that can provoke guilt and anxiety. Emerging from “five blurry years”, one writer tracks her steps to better health.

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  • Ballooning: four figures. Coloured engraving by Garner.
  • Civil engineering: several bridges. Engraving by Garner.
  • Sections of a coal mine. Etching by Garner.
  • Be a wild and an untamed thing!! : Your master needs you to support The Terrence Higgins Trust at a special charity screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show! : Saturday 13th June 1992 at the Prince Charles Cinema. Leicester Place, London WC" ...
  • Sadler's Wells Theatre, with the New River running beside. Engraving.
  • Sadler's Wells Theatre, with the New River running beside. Engraving.
  • Posset pot. English delftware, circa 1730.
  • Liber chronicarum / [Hartmann Schedel].
  • Liber chronicarum / [Hartmann Schedel].
  • Liber chronicarum / [Hartmann Schedel].
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