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Living with invisible illness

What happens when the signs of your illness are invisible to the rest of the world? Hannah Turner describes the daily struggles of living with invisible illness.

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Bubbles of history

Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.

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How the Peckham Experiment inspired my fiction

Find out how an unruly mass of archive material from a 1930s radical health centre has inspired brand new writing.

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Chemotherapy-day drawings

Undergoing treatment for bowel cancer, artist Clare Smith produced around 70 abstract drawings while sitting in the chemotherapy chair. She reflects on how creativity can bring respite in a crisis.

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  • Marker for the grave of children. Oil painting on wrought iron.
  • Marker for the grave of children. Oil painting on wrought iron.
  • Marker for the grave of children. Oil painting on wrought iron.
  • Marker for the grave of children. Oil painting on wrought iron.
  • Marker for the grave of children. Oil painting on wrought iron.
  • Marker for the grave of children. Oil painting on wrought iron.
  • Oestrus detection: chin-ball marker
  • Marker for the grave of children. Wrought iron with oil painting by an Austrian (?) painter.
  • The Marmite book marker / with the compliments of the Marmite Food Extract Co. Ltd.
  • The Marmite book marker / with the compliments of the Marmite Food Extract Co. Ltd.
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