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Questioning the psychoanalyst

Maggie Robbins gives her personal take on the common misconceptions around her field of work.

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Naked, not nude

Classicist Caroline Vout argues that it’s time to take the dust covers off the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and to encounter their bodies not nude, but naked.

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Hysteria

Mental health and emotional symptoms are common during menopause, but a long history of dismissing sufferers as 'hysterical women', at the mercy of their emotions has made it much harder to discuss these issues and to get support.

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Putti of science

Chubby little winged boys known as putti frequently adorn scientific illustrations. Sometimes portrayed as reverent and sometimes cheeky, they guide our pursuit of knowledge.

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  • Catalogue / [National Museum of Antiquities].
  • A guide to antiquities of the Stone Age in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
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