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Does mass media pave the way to fascism?

In the aftermath of World War II, psychoanalysts found the psychological roots of authoritarianism closer to home than was comfortable.

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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.

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Tracing the roots of our fears and fixations

Kate Summerscale explores the history of our anxieties and compulsions, and the new phobias and manias that are always emerging.

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Remote romance and the common cold

Getting creatively romantic due to a virus sounds all too contemporary, but our archives show what socially distanced seduction looked like seven decades ago.

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  • World War One: women motor ambulance drivers. Photograph, 1916.
  • World War One: motor ambulances with their women drivers at Etaples. Photograph, 1918.
  • World War One: a military doctor is dressing the wound of a Russian woman soldier in a trench. Watercolour by F. Matania, 1917.
  • Certificate of application for war service bar / Joint Women's V.A.D. Dept.
  • In aid of the wounded women and girls who are in hospital : it was on the fifth of December, they'll never forget that night.
  • Certificate of application for war service bar / Joint Women's V.A.D. Dept.
  • Notice to V.A.D. members applying for special service / Joint Women's V.A.D. Department.
  • With a woman's unit in Serbia, Salonika and Sebastopol / [Isabel Emslie Hutton].
  • With a woman's unit in Serbia, Salonika and Sebastopol / [Isabel Emslie Hutton].
  • With a woman's unit in Serbia, Salonika and Sebastopol / [Isabel Emslie Hutton].
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