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The catharsis of cringe

Watching cringe comedy can be therapeutic. Find out why some of us are drawn to the build-up of stress in shows like ‘Frasier’ and ‘The Office’.

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Eugenics and the welfare state

Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.

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Two health centres, two ideologies

Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.

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Our Covid complicity

Athena Stevens thought she had a cold that she tried to ignore, but it turned out to be Covid-19. Here she reflects on how we have all put ourselves and others at risk with the choices we’ve made during this pandemic.

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  • Henry Hancock. Photograph by Moira & Haigh.
  • Henry Hancock. Photograph by Moira & Haigh.
  • Henry Hancock. Photograph by Moira & Haigh.
  • H. Hancock, On the operative surgery of the
  • Henry Hancock. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1849.
  • Henry Hancock. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1849.
  • John Wesley. Stipple engraving by R. Hancock, 1790, after J. Miller.
  • A landowner has an encounter with a family of gipsies on his estate. Mezzotint by H. Quilley, 1836, after C. Hancock.
  • A woman in a feathered headdress and carrying a bow, is quelling a dark-skinned man; representing America. Etching by T. Hancock, 1805.
  • A young woman wearing a veil and black clothing mourning at a tombstone, with her dog attending on her. Mezzotint by H. Quilley after a painting by C. Hancock, 1836.
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