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The island of unclaimed bodies

In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.

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Winter blues and the story of SAD

In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

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Inside the Cold War mind

Martin Sixsmith explores the competing national psyches of Russia and America, and a world divided between their irreconcilable visions of human nature.

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Dying to be in nature

The modern funeral business is one that uses up precious resources and pollutes the planet. But you can make sure it’s only your memory that leaves its mark with these new and natural ways to leave this earth.

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  • The head and shoulders of a man with the words 'Afterward, I worry about what I've done'; an advertisement for ARIES, a phone group project organised by the University of Washington for gay men to promote safer sex to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph by Megan Adcock.
  • Dierama pulcherrimum Baker Iridaceae. Angel's Fishing rods, African harebell.. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: South Africa. Said to be used in South African Muthi medicine, but no references found other than it being grown at the Medicinal Garden of the University of Washington and the Royal College of Physicians, London. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The arms of black and white men reach out to touch a phone; an advertisement for weekly phone groups for gay men by the group Aries to help promote safer sex to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph by Woodfin, 1992.
  • A laughing skull with the words 'AIDS is not funny' representing a warning about the dangers of AIDS with a telephone helpline number. Colour lithograph by Tim Macdonald with design assistance from Megan Adcock, ca. 1991.
  • A bewildered doctor checking the pulse of lovesick young woman, her concerned mother comforts her, in the background Cupid is grinning and pointing to one of his arrows. Coloured mezzotint by W. Ward, 1802, after J. Opie.
  • Rita Levi-Montalcini.
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