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Naked, not nude

Classicist Caroline Vout argues that it’s time to take the dust covers off the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and to encounter their bodies not nude, but naked.

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Homes for the hives of industry

By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.

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The bishop’s profitable sex workers

How did the Church rake in revenue from 14th-century sex regulations? Kate Lister explores a bishop’s lucrative rulebook.

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Death and our digital ghosts

When we die, our data lives on. And as companies are increasingly spotting money-making opportunities from digital legacies, now could be the time to think about – and control – yours.

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  • Women and children washing in public baths. Coloured engraving by A. Sasso.
  • The Baths, Gravesend, Kent: public beach. Line engraving by H. Adlard, 1828, after G. Shepherd.
  • Public baths and wash-houses for the adjacent parishes of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields and St George Bloomsbury, London: elevation. Wood engraving, 1853.
  • Public baths and wash-houses for the adjacent parishes of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields and St George Bloomsbury, London: elevation. Wood engraving, 1853.
  • The public baths and fishing boats, Brighton beach. Line engraving by S. Rawle after J. Nixon.
  • Bains de Poitevin, Paris: public steam baths with ground plan. Engraving by Benard after J.R. Lucotte.
  • Bains de Poitevin, Paris: public steam baths with ground plan. Engraving by Benard after J.R. Lucotte.
  • Remains of the ruined Roman public baths at Alexandria, Turkey. Etching by Letita Byrne after M.F. Preaulx, 1812.
  • Moscow: people swimming and sunbathing at Cerebrensky public baths. Etching by M.G. Eichler, 1799, after G. de la Barthe, 1796.
  • Moscow: people swimming and sunbathing at Cerebrensky public baths. Etching by M.G. Eichler, 1799, after G. de la Barthe, 1796.
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