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Butch drag in the builders’ caff

Two men in a café dressed in practical workwear might seem indistinguishable, but closer inspection reveals layers of complex, nuanced identity.

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Finding out where my lithium comes from

The origins of the lithium Laura Grace Simpkins swallows daily are unclear. If we don’t know the provenance of our pills, how can we make informed decisions about them?

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Don’t call me a strong Black woman

Her upbringing taught Jaydee Seaforth that she could never show pain or weakness, even when her internal distress was extreme. Find out how she learned to listen to her body.

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When wounds replace words

For the many thousands of refugees waiting in Greece, the process to establish the truth of their tragic personal histories is often extremely upsetting. But a group of medics and legal workers is working together to make the system more humane.

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  • Sole of the foot with florid skin disease. Watercolour, ca. 1900.
  • "Maravilla cocoa" : sole proprietors, Taylor Brothers, London.
  • "Maravilla cocoa" : sole proprietors, Taylor Brothers, London.
  • An X-ray tube, common type. Inscribed 'Instanta' Tube - Macalister-Wiggin Pattern. Sole British Manufacturers Newton and Wright. Bears Ministry of Munitions Label.
  • Spiral sweat ducts in skin on the sole of a foot
  • A foot with a skin disease around the sole. Chromolithograph, c. 1888.
  • Begin your day well with Day Dawn Health Salt / sole manufacturers: Burdall's Ltd.
  • Creamola makes delicious custard (standard flavour) : sole manufacturers Creamola Food Products Ltd.
  • Creamola makes delicious custard (standard flavour) : sole manufacturers Creamola Food Products Ltd.
  • A foot affected by eumycetoma (Madura foot), showing the sole. Photograph, [ca. 1930].
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