Stories
- Photo story
How wigs help children handle hair loss
For young people who lose their hair during cancer treatment, a wig can make them feel normal again. Carmel King photographs some of the processes and people involved with a charity providing beautiful human-hair wigs for kids.
- Article
What our facial hair says about us
Five bearded and moustachioed men choose five hirsute archive images to help them reflect on the way facial hair is linked with personality and identity.
- Article
The sum of my parts
Testing positive for a rogue gene meant Jessica Furseth was more susceptible to cancer. After the years of anger and dissociation from her body that followed, she began to pick up the pieces.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
Catalogue
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A barber cutting a girl's hair: a woman looks on. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
Leech, John, 1817-1864.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 29713i- Pictures
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A barber cutting a man's hair. Watercolour painting.
Reference: 29669i- Pictures
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Male prisoners are sitting with their legs in stocks and their hands tied as men in turbans cut off their hair and moustaches. Etching.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 37830i- Pictures
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A barber cutting a man's hair. Wood engraving and letterpress.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 29750i- Pictures
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A barber cutting a frowning man's hair. Ink drawing.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 29728i