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Crime drama and the realistic cadaver

Today we are accustomed to the increasingly realistic look of dead bodies in on-screen dramas. Special-effects expert Hildegunn M S Traa reveals how crime and morgue scenes reflect the social idea of death.

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Befriending heavy breathers

Read the fascinating story behind the rare manual that helped volunteers on one of Britain’s first free telephone helplines to deal with masturbating callers.

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Acid and the sexual psychonauts

How LSD fuelled one woman’s journey of sexual self-discovery in the late 1950s.

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How ritual creates meaning

In a world that encourages us to quash our sense of wonder, ritual can help push away apathy and nurture life-enhancing creativity and imagination.

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  • King Charles I. Engraving by M. van der Gucht, 17--, after A. Van Dyck.
  • What am I? : I'm free 'n' easy and fun to pick up, I'm easily passed on, I can be invisible and damage your health : I'm a sexually transmitted infection ... / CHAPS, Community HIV and AIDS Prevention Strategy.
  • What am I? : I'm free 'n' easy and fun to pick up, I'm easily passed on, I can be invisible and damage your health : I'm a sexually transmitted infection ... / CHAPS, Community HIV and AIDS Prevention Strategy.
  • A man barking and drinking port, following a doctor's orders. Coloured aquatint by I. Wilson after M. Egerton, 182-..
  • A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807?, after G.M. Woodward.
  • A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807?, after G.M. Woodward.
  • A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807?, after G.M. Woodward.
  • A girl sits looking very unhappy, with a flower in her hand. Engraving by M.I. Danforth after G.S. Newman.
  • World War I: an R.A.M.C. bearer supplying water to the front line. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey.
  • World War I: an R.A.M.C. bearer supplying water to the front line. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey.
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