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The birth of the public museum

The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.

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Pain and the power of activism

Today, women with endometriosis have more access to better information than ever before. Jaipreet Virdi applauds the shared stories, online communities and self-help books empowering women in pain.

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How architecture builds a profession of stress

Architects might produce buildings that enhance our health, but at what cost? Kristin Hohenadel explores architecture’s pressurised and stressful culture.

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Winter blues and the story of SAD

In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

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  • AIDS and the workplace : a critical one-day conference : 26th March 1987 at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Westminster, London / presented by BNA International Inc., London, a subsidary of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
  • AIDS and the workplace : a critical one-day conference : 26th March 1987 at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Westminster, London / presented by BNA International Inc., London, a subsidary of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
  • AIDS and the workplace : a critical one-day conference : 26th March 1987 at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Westminster, London / presented by BNA International Inc., London, a subsidary of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
  • The Thames river, London: a cross-section of the first tunnel under the river, shipping in the river, and Rotherhithe beyond. Engraving by Silvester & Co., ca. 1830.
  • Nanking, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Nanking, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Brain drain? : depression, mood swings, risk-taking, mid-week blues, rage, lethargy, low self-esteem, neglect, emotional... / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ; designed by Eureka! Graphic Design Limited.
  • Brain drain? : depression, mood swings, risk-taking, mid-week blues, rage, lethargy, low self-esteem, neglect, emotional... / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ; designed by Eureka! Graphic Design Limited.
  • Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India, built using screw piles (helical piles). Wood engraving, 1863.
  • The examination hall of Medicine and Surgery, Savoy Place, London. Wood engraving by [F.W.], [1885].
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