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How music opens the doors of memory and the mind

People living with dementia can often still listen, perform or move to music. What does this tell us about how memories are formed?

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The ‘epileptic’ in art and science

From scarred outsiders in literature to the cold voyeurism of medical films and photography, people who experience seizures and epilepsy are rarely shown in a compassionate light in popular culture.

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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War

In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.

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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.

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  • Garcia the centenarian and his times : being a memoir of Manuel Garcia's life and labours for the advancement of music and science / by M. Sterling Mackinlay ; with illustrations.
  • The new royal Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, complete, modern and universal dictionary of arts and sciences ... / [Edited] By G.S. Howard ... The mathematical ... and geographical parts, &c. revised by J. Bettesworth ... The historical ... departments, inspected by H. Boswell ... The philosophical, critical ... theological, musical, and other scientific subjects, revised ... by F. Stonehouse ... and others.
  • A group of musicians; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving by A. Bosse, c. 1650.
  • Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.
  • A goddess sits among a crowd of mythological figures with musical instruments and weapons; representing mineralogy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1817.
  • Cupid (Love) with arrows sits next to items representing arts and sciences. Etching by H. Winstanley, 17--, after F. Snyders and A. van Dyck.
  • Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.
  • The Académie des Sciences et des Beaux Arts, Paris: showing various methods of study and teaching with a lettered key. Line engraving.
  • This evening, Mr. C.H. Adams, will repeat his lecture on astronomy / The King's Theatre.
  • This evening, Mr. C.H. Adams, will repeat his lecture on astronomy / The King's Theatre.
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