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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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How wigs help children handle hair loss

For young people who lose their hair during cancer treatment, a wig can make them feel normal again. Carmel King photographs some of the processes and people involved with a charity providing beautiful human-hair wigs for kids.

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Belonging and why we long for it

Tanya Perdikou’s upbringing emphasised conventional respectability, but other influential family members embraced the bohemian life. Caught between two sets of values, she questions where, if anywhere, she fits in.

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How trauma affects the body and mind

The long and devastating aftermath of an attack have given writer and broadcaster Bidisha unique insight into the suffering of other victims. Here she explores survival and healing in those who have experienced trauma.

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  • [British Red Cross Society leaflet asking for volunteers to work in their charity shops].
  • [British Red Cross Society leaflet asking for volunteers to work in their charity shops].
  • [British Red Cross Society leaflet asking for volunteers to work in their charity shops].
  • [British Red Cross Society leaflet asking for volunteers to work in their charity shops].
  • [British Red Cross Society leaflet asking for volunteers to work in their charity shops].
  • [British Red Cross Society leaflet asking for volunteers to work in their charity shops].
  • ASK, Active Source of Knowledge : if you want to know the answer, ask the experts : the national AIDS helpline 0800 567 123 ...
  • ASK, Active Source of Knowledge : if you want to know the answer, ask the experts : the national AIDS helpline 0800 567 123 ...
  • A male figure leaning on a staff with his arm around a female figure representing an advertisement for AIDS awareness by lAshraya, the AIDS Awareness and Counselling Centre, a Project of IMA Blood Bank. Colour lithograph by Meridian Ad Systems, Cochin, ca. 1998.
  • The Food Chain : it's not just cooking : feeding the fight gainst HIV and AIDS : what can you do? : new contact details / The Food Chain.
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Perspective Tour with Bobby Lloyd

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