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Belonging, babies and self-belief

As a first-time mother living abroad, it seemed too exhausting to truly connect with new acquaintances. Instead, Tanya Perdikou began to make a kind of peace with herself.

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The give and take of caring

Kate Mosse argues that how we define ‘care’ matters, and explores the reciprocity of caring and being cared for.

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Care, creativity and a connected world

Find out about the challenges Wellcome Collection has faced during the last very demanding year.

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The meanings of hurt

In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.

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  • Ways to catch the flu. Colour lithograph after designs by Coggin, 194-.
  • A man smoking and reading the paper fully clothed in a hip-bath; self-help hydrotherapy in hot weather. Wood engraving.
  • A peasant without shoes removing a thorn (?) from his foot, a dog accompanies him. Etching by J. Miel.
  • The Spinario: an athlete examining his damaged foot. Line engraving by F. Piranesi after L. Corazzari.
  • The words "AIDS-Help Self-Help" against a painted blue background with information on a public hearing in Cologne organised by AIDS-Hilfe NRW e.V. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • A multi-coloured swirling design with the message in German: "get smart ... you can do something for you. Medical prevention."; verso: text relating to HIV-related medication; an advertisment for a project of medical prevention of HIV by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Edmundo Galindo, 1995.
  • A multi-coloured swirling design with the message in German: "get smart ... you can do something for you. Medical prevention."; verso: text relating to HIV-related medication; an advertisment for a project of medical prevention of HIV by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Edmundo Galindo, 1995.
  • Venus pulling a thorn from her foot in beautiful countryside. Engraving by P. Audouin, after P. Bouillon after Raphael.
  • A doctor bandaging a man's arm. Colour lithograph after Surow, 1929.
  • Venus pulling a thorn from her foot in an elaborate rural setting, a rabbit accompanies her. Engraving by M. Dente, 1516, after Raphael.
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  • Youth event

Young People, Mental Health and Recipes for Self-care

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Part of What Does It Mean To Be Young, Now?

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Long Table Discussion on Care and Survivance

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Part of Misbehaving Bodies: events with Oreet Ashery

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