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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances

In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.

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How injury changed my brain

Meg Fozzard, who experienced a brain injury in her 20s, writes about the huge impact it's had on her life, and talks to others with similar injuries.

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Another way to listen

Background noise is something we often try to ignore. Adjoa Wiredu explores what happens if we intentionally choose to tune in.

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Dial ‘S’ for sex

In pre-internet days, phone boxes became a patchwork of ‘tart cards’ offering sexual services. Find out about the clandestine world they hint at.

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  • Englishmen smoking in a city street, thereby causing a nuisance to women. Etching.
  • Two nurses whispering and causing a nuisance to patients. Colour lithograph after Fougasse, 1958.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • A countryman driving a wagonload of hay into town spatters a townsman's breeches with mud. Mezzotint and engraving, 1792.
  • At the council chamber, Whitehall, the 21st day of November 1831 / by the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council ; C.C. Greville.
  • Public Disinfectors
  • Public disinfectors from the parish of St. George, Hanover Square, London. Woodburytype after a photograph by J. Thomson, 1877.
  • A boy telling his aunt the advantages of placing her name on the Social Register. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1869.
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