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The indelible harm caused by conversion therapy

With first-hand evidence from two powerful testimonies, neurologist Jules Montague explores the destructive history of conversion therapy, a punitive treatment designed to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality.

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Political brilliance and the power of self-promotion

How do you convince people you’re exceptional? Meet the ultimate self-styled genius.

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A history of twins in science

For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.

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  • [Small leaflet advertising appearances by Roberts's Greatest Phenomenon of the Age (late of the Crystal Palace), a "young lady born without arms", at The Horn of Plenty, Whitecross Street [London?]].
  • A young man is shouting at a man playing the trombone at 2.30 in the morning, for waking him and his family up during the night. Engraving by Robert Graves, 1834, after R.W. Buss.
  • Civil engineering: the Conway box girder bridge, viewed from entrance level. Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after himself.
  • Civil engineering: the Menai box girder bridge. Lithograph by G. Hawkins after himself.
  • Robert Whytt. Oil painting by G.B. Bellucci, 1738.
  • Robert Whytt. Oil painting by G.B. Bellucci, 1738.
  • Robert Whytt. Oil painting by G.B. Bellucci, 1738.
  • Robert Whytt. Oil painting by G.B. Bellucci, 1738.
  • Robert Whytt. Oil painting by G.B. Bellucci, 1738.
  • Robert Whytt. Oil painting by G.B. Bellucci, 1738.
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