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Why we no longer keep our dead at home

Today in the UK we rarely sit with, touch, or perhaps even see our loved ones after they’ve died. Past practices were very different and, Claire Cock-Starkey argues, were more helpful for those grieving.

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Wonder years

The confusion and secrecy surrounding his condition seriously affected Chris’s mental health, blighting his teenage years. But somehow he began to hope and plan for the future.

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Living with invisible illness

What happens when the signs of your illness are invisible to the rest of the world? Hannah Turner describes the daily struggles of living with invisible illness.

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Graveyards as green getaways

Stressed city dwellers have been visiting cemeteries in greater numbers since the start of the pandemic. Discover how, despite the constant reminders of death, graveyards bring visitors a sense of renewal.

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  • Booksellers' Provident Retreat rest home, Abbots Langley: the facade. Lithograph after W.H. Cooper.
  • A typical morning in a nursing-home: the patient seeks rest but is coninually being woken up. Process print after W.K. Haselden.
  • Redwings Horse Sanctuary : come and meet our large family of rescued horses, ponies and donkeys : our aim is to rescue horses, ponies and donkeys from neglect and slaughter and provide them with a caring home for the rest of their lives...
  • Redwings Horse Sanctuary : come and meet our large family of rescued horses, ponies and donkeys : our aim is to rescue horses, ponies and donkeys from neglect and slaughter and provide them with a caring home for the rest of their lives...
  • The Railwaymen's Convalescent Home, Herne Bay, Kent : opened June, 1901.
  • Convalescent home for children, St. Leonards: perspective view. Wood engraving, 1881.
  • Booksellers' Provident Retreat, Abbots Langley: perspective view. Coloured lithograph.
  • Return of the prodigal son. Engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1633.
  • Two homeless orphans (a girl and a young woman) singing ballads to a family. Engraving by J. Romney after W. Gill.
  • China: a Manchu bride in her wedding clothes with her maid, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
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