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Inside the mind of George Vasey, co-curator of Misbehaving Bodies

Discover how curator George Vasey honoured the approaches of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, who mischievously subvert clichés around illness and death.

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The quest to breed gifted children

If you had the chance, would you choose a genius baby?

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Pain, politics and the power of photography

Art historian Giulia Smith explains what she most admires in the work of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, and how their approach makes illness political.

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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War

In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.

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  • St. Jacob's oil for veterinary purposes : in yellow wrappers : superior to all other liniments and embrocations / The Charles A. Vogeler Co.
  • St. Jacob's oil for veterinary purposes : in yellow wrappers : superior to all other liniments and embrocations / The Charles A. Vogeler Co.
  • Charles Gray and Jack Greer in character as a couple of sailors under the name "Shrimp and Lobster". Photographic postcard by Central Photographic Co., ca. 1930.
  • Charles Gray and Jack Greer in character as a couple of sailors under the name "Shrimp and Lobster". Photographic postcard by Central Photographic Co., ca. 1930.
  • A black background with an upside down red rose and a lit candle with a reminder to call for compassion to save lives against AIDS; an advertisement by the National AIDS/STD Prevention and Control Program, Department of Health, Philippines. Colour lithograph by Charlie Agatep Associates Co. Ltd., ca. 1995.
  • I take The C. A. Vogeler Curative Compound : what is dyspepsia.
  • I take The C. A. Vogeler Curative Compound : what is dyspepsia.
  • St. Jacob's Oil conquers pain.
  • St. Jacob's Oil conquers pain.
  • A series of lithographic drawings illustrative of the relation between the human physiognomy and that of the brute creation / From designs by Charles Le Brun: with remarks on the system. [Anon].
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