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Domestic titans

Feeling trapped by the idea that an impenetrable carapace of space trash could surround the planet, Elvia Wilk turned to thoughts of the new worlds still to be revealed here on Earth.

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Who was Audrey Amiss?

Elena Carter introduces the vast collection left behind by artist Audrey Amiss, who documented her life in astonishing detail.

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The solidarity of sickness

Visiting an injured friend in hospital prompts writer Sinéad Gleeson to reflect on the instant rapport forged between compatriots in the kingdom of the sick.

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Audrey and her family

In working on Audrey Amiss’s archive, Elena is getting closer to understanding her. But the way her niece and nephew remember Audrey adds essential detail to the picture.

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  • Singapore: Chinese junks in the rain at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.
  • Canton, China: Canton City from the river with boats and junks in the foreground. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • Community health : no junk food please : Australia, 41c.
  • Junker's inhaler.
  • Science vs. junk science / Robert Whelan, Director, Committee on Population & the Economy.
  • Science vs. junk science / Robert Whelan, Director, Committee on Population & the Economy.
  • Chroloform anaesthesia maintained by a Junker's Tube.
  • Singapore: view from the beach at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.
  • Singapore: view across the Johore Straits. Watercolour by J. E. Taylor, 1879.
  • Singapore: evening view of the entrance to the harbour. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.
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