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Stories of Asian palm-leaf manuscripts

Wellcome’s Adrian Plau shares some the stories behind the Asian palm-leaf manuscripts in our collections. He reveals how British colonialism impacted this special form of knowledge transmission and the challenges involved in unearthing each manuscript’s origins and historical journey to Wellcome Collection.

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“People see the disability but forget the ability”

I’m a disabled Asian woman, and mother of four. I’m trying to show people that we have to talk about disability if we want things to change.

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Identifying skin lightening agents in cosmetics

Could your moisturiser be damaging your health? If it contains skin-lightening agents, the answer is yes. But this is an area where consumers definitely do not have the upper hand.

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What is violence?

Criminologist Laura Bui explores her early understanding of violence and outlines its definition and wider consequences.

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  • An Indian sculpture of a couple embracing; representing the need for safe sex to protect Asians and Muslims against AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • Asian hair
  • Asian Elephant
  • Human hair (Asian origin)
  • Tooth of an Asian elephant. Lithograph, 1850/1900?.
  • Two spotted Asian bucks in a landscape garden. Etching by M. E. Ridinger.
  • An embracing Asian gay couple sheltering from the rain beneath a tree against which stands a discarded sword and a deer; advertisement for The Naz Project to support Asian communities with AIDS/HIV. Colour lithograph.
  • First Asian Congress of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India : 28th January to 2nd February, 1971.
  • First Asian Congress of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India : 28th January to 2nd February, 1971.
  • Two Asian girls put their heads together as a reminder that HIV concerns everyone. Lithograph.
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