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Height

Whether tall or short, the height of your human can be both a hardship and a privilege.

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A body apart from the head

We look back at the importance of the head, from how it’s influenced our language to the bold political statement of having it removed.

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Why the scariest monsters look almost human

Something is wrong, but you’re not sure what. Amy Jones explores exactly why your worst nightmare is the monster that’s almost human.

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The eye of darshan

The Hindu concept of darshan means “divine revelation”, but it’s also about the multilayered ways in which we see the world around us. Adrian Plau explains how one image in a Panjabi manuscript relates to darshan, and why it’s so striking.

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  • A tall woman wears short feathers in her headdress and a short woman wears tall feathers in hers. Etching by James Gillray, 1795.
  • Sri Lankan mask with blue coloured face and tall red hat.
  • An obese man talking to a tall lean woman. Pen drawing, 1796.
  • A man wearing a tall hat as part of his uniform. Etching.
  • Outline of a tall tree, dwarfing figure at its base. Pencil drawing.
  • Cabinet-making: designs for a tall cupboard. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • An Amazonian Indian child, next to a whitewashed wall with tall grasses all around.
  • [Page 466 of the 25 February 1893 issue of 'The Million' with an article on Elizabeth Lyska, a Russian giantess over 7 feet tall, exhibiting at The Royal Aquarium, Westminster with dwarf, Princess Topaze, 26" tall].
  • [Page 466 of the 25 February 1893 issue of 'The Million' with an article on Elizabeth Lyska, a Russian giantess over 7 feet tall, exhibiting at The Royal Aquarium, Westminster with dwarf, Princess Topaze, 26" tall].
  • Two Indian officials each standing with a tall stick. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
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