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Crime drama and the realistic cadaver

Today we are accustomed to the increasingly realistic look of dead bodies in on-screen dramas. Special-effects expert Hildegunn M S Traa reveals how crime and morgue scenes reflect the social idea of death.

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Love, longing and tea from the polski sklep

For people of Polish origin in the UK, herbal tea is closely tied to health and shared history. Kasia Tomasiewicz explores her changing relationship to these tea-related cultural habits.

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Unravelling genetic origins from the potato to cinchona

Starting with the humble potato, Nataly Allasi Canales reveals how researchers unearth the genetic origins of modern plant varieties, and explains why their work is so important for biodiversity.

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Mask, ritual and fertility

Today many of us learn about fertility, conception and pregnancy online. But that wasn’t always the way. Discover how masks and rituals played an important educational role.

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  • World AIDS Day 1st December 1994 : this is a special newsletter for anyone who might be involved in planning, organising or running an event to mark World AIDs Day / National AIDS Trust.
  • World AIDS Day 1st December 1994 : this is a special newsletter for anyone who might be involved in planning, organising or running an event to mark World AIDs Day / National AIDS Trust.
  • World AIDS Day 1st December 1994 : this is a special newsletter for anyone who might be involved in planning, organising or running an event to mark World AIDs Day / National AIDS Trust.
  • World AIDS Day 1st December 1994 : this is a special newsletter for anyone who might be involved in planning, organising or running an event to mark World AIDs Day / National AIDS Trust.
  • A schedule of events including films, public discussions and theatre about AIDS on show between 1987 and 1988 by the Österreichische AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph by Josef Neuf Gesellschaft m.b.H., 1988 [?].
  • The sun wearing a headband with a star, against a backdrop of hearts; advertising a Christopher Street Day Gala in Cologne on 7 July 1995. Colour lithograph by Gerhard Malcherek, 1995.
  • World AIDS Day 1st December 1995 : we want you to give us images for World AIDS Day / Health Education Authority, National AIDS Trust ; co-ordinated by Keith Winestein, WAD Co-ordinator and assisted by John Bentham, at the National AIDS Trust.
  • World AIDS Day 1st December 1995 : we want you to give us images for World AIDS Day / Health Education Authority, National AIDS Trust ; co-ordinated by Keith Winestein, WAD Co-ordinator and assisted by John Bentham, at the National AIDS Trust.
  • World AIDS Day 1st December 1995 : we want you to give us images for World AIDS Day / Health Education Authority, National AIDS Trust ; co-ordinated by Keith Winestein, WAD Co-ordinator and assisted by John Bentham, at the National AIDS Trust.
  • World AIDS Day 1st December 1995 : we want you to give us images for World AIDS Day / Health Education Authority, National AIDS Trust ; co-ordinated by Keith Winestein, WAD Co-ordinator and assisted by John Bentham, at the National AIDS Trust.
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