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Born in the NHS

Despite underfunding, strikes and scandals, the first two decades of the 2000s has seen the British people’s love of and loyalty to the NHS soar.

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The island of unclaimed bodies

In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.

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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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Healthy scepticism

Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.

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  • The international display of the entire Names Project AIDS memorial quilt October 9-11, 1992 / The Names Project Foundation ; photographer Debra L. Rothenberg.
  • The international display of the entire Names Project AIDS memorial quilt October 9-11, 1992 / The Names Project Foundation ; photographer Debra L. Rothenberg.
  • People taking part in the National High School Aids Memorial Quilt program; advertisement by The Names Project Foundation. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Collage of art works bearing dedications to people who have died from AIDS; advertisement for The Names Project Foundation and the National AIDS Memorial. Colour lithograph.
  • The word 'Names' spelt out with numerous names; advertisement for the Aids Memorial Quilt, part of The Names Project in memory of AIDS victims. Colour lithograph.
  • A red thread in the shape of the AIDS red ribbon in the eye of a needle; advertisement for an exhibition of panels from the AIDS Memorial quilt at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco, June 23-25, 1995. Colour lithograph by Daniel de Souza.
  • [Display of the Names Project AIDS memorial quilt].
  • Panels from the AIDS Memorial quilt ; advertisement for an exhibition of the Quilt at Fort Mason on June 21-24 1990. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • Three squares of red, green and yellow representing panels from the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt with figures in silhouette; advertising an exhibition of sections of the quilt. Colour lithograph, 1989.
  • Collage of art works bearing dedications to people who have died from AIDS around which crowds of people form a square with red ribbons at the corners; "Remembrance", a 3-dimensional collage commemorating The Names Project/AIDS quilt by Lawrence M. Romorini to benefit people living with AIDS; advertisement for AIDS Awareness week at Greenwich Town Hall on December 7th to 21st, 1993. Colour lithograph by Shirely Jones for One of A Kind, 1992.
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