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Performance art, frozen in time

For over a year, live performance art with an audience present has been largely impossible. But still images continue to allow artists in this sphere to inspire audiences at home.

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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances

In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.

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Not one yoga, but many yogas

From ancient tradition to modern gym class, yoga means many things to many people.

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Shame, condemnation and conscience

Where does shame comes from and what fuels it? Lucia Osborne-Crowley explores audience, gender and the difference between shame and guilt, asking if either can ever be useful.

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  • God looks on unimpressed as Adam blames Eve for the transgression. Engraving by P.I. Drevet, c. 1720, after N. Coypel.
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • Adam and Eve cover their nakedness as God makes his wrath felt in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
  • May Prinsep as Christabel. Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1866.
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