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Battling the heteronormativity of sexual health

As a queer, Black women, Mary W is sick of the never-ending hetero-cycle of clinic appointments, where her needs and sexuality are always a surprise to the doctor. She calls for a revolution.

  • Article

Chillies and the trouble with Scoville

Measuring the heat of these peppers can leave you a little lukewarm.

  • Interview

Inside the minds of A R Hopwood and Honor Beddard

The curators of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ reveal the stories behind the exhibits, and the intriguing truths the show confronts us with.

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Building a dream in the garden suburbs

In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.

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  • Greener's humane cattle killer / W.W. Greener.
  • Greener's humane cattle killer / W.W. Greener.
  • W. W. Westcott, Suicide. Its history, liter
  • W. W. Westcott, Suicide. Its history, liter
  • W. W. Westcott, Suicide. Its history, liter
  • Thomas Wakley. Coloured wood engraving by W. W.
  • W. Brownrigg, Orthmathwaite the residence of W. Brownrigg
  • Harvey Williams Cushing. Photograph by W.(?)W.B.
  • Edward Jenner. Line engraving by W. Skelton after W. Sharp, 1826, after W. A. Hobday, 1821.
  • William Turnbull. Line engraving by W. Skelton after W. Chamberlain.
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