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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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The housing that gives hope to refugees

A safe place of one’s own can be a source of healing and hope. George Kafka reports on two Athens-based projects helping displaced people by putting housing first.

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Good animals, bad humans?

Could an animal be more evolved than a human? Victorian psychologists thought that in some cases the answer could be ‘yes’.

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Writing in remission

Reading the writings of the lifelong hypochondriac Jacques Derrida during lockdown, Brian Dillon realises his own health anxiety has become unusually subdued.

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  • The New-York State Asylum for Idiots, Syracuse. Wood engraving.
  • The New-York State Asylum for Idiots, Syracuse. Wood engraving by W.(?) Sebald.
  • New York State Institute: a group of girls with Down's syndrome, standing on some steps. Photograph.
  • New York State Institute: a group of boys with Down's syndrome, standing on some steps. Photograph.
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