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The girl with no name

When a now anonymous teenager sold her tooth for transplant, she couldn’t have predicted that she’d end up at the heart of a troubling story about 18th-century beauty ideals.

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The aphrodisiac apothecary

Not in the mood? Come and visit our traditional drug store for natural tonics rumoured to increase sexual desire.

  • Interview

Inside the mind of Somewhere in Between’s curator, Laurie Britton Newell

The exhibition's curator shares her secrets.

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Tesla, quacks and violet rays

Imagine a device that can treat everything from baldness to gout. Too good to be true? Yes, and it was banned – but not before hundreds were hoodwinked.

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  • 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.
  • [Display of the Names Project AIDS memorial quilt].
  • 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.
  • A List of the Subscribers Names to this Work.
  • Four sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt bearing the names of victims of HIV; advertisement by The Names Project. Colour lithograph.
  • Lister Institute Group Photograph with names
  • Names of officers of the Honorable Medico Docti Fill Your Belly Society, a spoof medical society. Lithograph, 1834.
  • Seven British politicians as statues on plinths inscribed with the names of ancient characters as well as their own names in abbreviation. Engraving, 1746.
  • People taking part in the National High School Aids Memorial Quilt program; advertisement by The Names Project Foundation. Colour lithograph, 1994.
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