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How music opens the doors of memory and the mind

People living with dementia can often still listen, perform or move to music. What does this tell us about how memories are formed?

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Kathryn Mannix’s prescription for writing

The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘With the End in Mind’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.

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How to play with drunk people

Lower your inhibitions and join Holly Gramazio for fast-paced games made even more fun by alcohol.

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Intertwined with air

Siwakorn Odochao details his people’s way of perceiving trees and humans as intimately connected, and draws on the air as the element that weaves between them. Through the co-dependency of humans and trees to prepare the air for each other, he elaborates on the relationship between air, health and environment.

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  • A nightingale singing by its nest. Etching.
  • A shaman singing and beating a drum. Halftone.
  • A man in drag singing. Photographic postcard, 193-.
  • A man in drag singing. Photographic postcard, 193-.
  • Three cats singing. Gouache by Louis Wain, 1925/1939.
  • Three people are playing musical instruments and singing. Etching.
  • A family singing and making music around a table. Mezzotint after Jacob Jordaens.
  • We don't mind singing for our supper when it's roast beef or lamb.
  • We don't mind singing for our supper when it's roast beef or lamb.
  • A group of children holding song books and singing. Process print after Marie Seymour Lucas.
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