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Graphic Gallery: Red

Red is for danger, and it’s for blood. It’s for passion, and it’s for love.

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Rag mags and monthly issues: Five period zines to stop you seeing red

Using humour, personal experience and political activism to explore the bloody reality of menstruation.

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A message from my skin

As wildfires threatened Seattle, resident Sydney Baker experienced corresponding flares of acne and rashes. Her skin was telling her something about the health of the world around her.

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The joys and failures of audio description

Audio description enhances the experience of watching a film or TV show for people with a visual impairment, but it's not widely available in the UK. Alex Lee explains why.

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  • The words 'AIDS' and 'RED CROSS' written in red within a statement from the American Red Cross promoting their services to those living with AIDS. Colour lithograph 1990.
  • (Left) red diagonals and purple loops; (right) red and purple diagonals; a red face in profile, with red blotches. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1977.
  • Left, red and mauve stars and a red crab; right, ten red hands. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1976.
  • Red laser
  • Three red ribbons with black and red lettering. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • Red Cross and Red Crescent National Flag Day : official seller.
  • French Red Cross.
  • Left, a red excrescence surrounded by a red aureole; right, a red excrescence and grids. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1976.
  • A red excrescence surrounded by red ovals overlaid by a red grid, with blue dots. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1970.
  • Red crossed diagonals and red grids. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1977.
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