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Active pensioners, blooming gardens

To reach your 70s with over 300,000 Twitter followers or running a music festival is not the stereotypical image of retirement. But does this energetic engagement with life equal happiness?

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Disabled musicians and the fight to perform

Music might be the universal language, but unfortunately it doesn’t come with universal access. London-based artist Miss Jacqui discusses the barriers to her career with Jamie Hale.

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Giving shape to sound

Fascinated by language and how music feels, Deaf rapper Signkid creates tracks that give shape to sound. He discusses inspiration, access and performing for all audiences, D/deaf and hearing alike.

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Talent, tech and visual art

Jamie Hale finds a combination of talent and technology are crucial when it comes to creating great visual art, but how do you keep working when your circumstances are in constant flux?

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  • Camassia leichtlinii (Baker)S.Watson Hyacinthaceae. Great Camas, Quamash. The species was named for Maximillian Leichtlin (1831-1910 of Baden , Germany, bulb enthusiast who corresponded with J.G. Baker at Kew. Bulbous herb. Distribution: North America. The bulbs of Camassia species were eaten by the Native Americans, the Nez Perce, after cooking by steaming for a day - which suggests they may be poisonous raw. They gave them to the American explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clerk, on their expedition (1804-1806) when they ran out of food. The bulbs of the similar looking 'Death camus', Toxicoscordion venenosum have been fatal when ingested by mistake (RBG Kew on-line). Steroidal saponins, which are precursors in the manufacture of steroids and cytotoxic activity has been detected in the sap of the bulbs. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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  • Sources of carbohydrates and fats for children and adults: bread, butter, cereals, mushrooms and jam. Colour lithograph, 1966.
  • Silhouette of the world with a lit candle advertising in the 8th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial event by Mobilization against AIDS on Sunday May 19, 1991 with text relating to participating cities and sponsors. Colour lithograph by Bennett Carlson, 1991.
  • A sailor in drag on S.S. Caronia. Photograph, 195-.
  • A sailor in drag on S.S. Caronia. Photograph, 195-.
  • Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) scales.
  • Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) scales
  • Daniel Lambert, weighing over fifty stone, aged 36. Coloured etching.
  • Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Oil painting.
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