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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction

Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.

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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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Booze and bad behaviour

Our love of alcohol is like a party that’s lasted nine centuries. But there are signs that the demon drink is losing its appeal.

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  • Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
  • Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
  • Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
  • Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
  • An archangel revealing the physical nature of the universe to a group of natural philosophers and mathematicians. Etching by James Barry, 1795, after his painting.
  • A portable oven, and a machine for making the tips of hats. Engraving by J. Taylor after C. Varley.
  • Samuel More. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1798, after Benjamin West.
  • Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: interior of chapel. Etching by John Sanders, 1774, after himself.
  • Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: interior of the chapel. Etching by John Sanders, 1774, after himself.
  • Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: interior of chapel. Etching by John Sanders, 1774, after himself.
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