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NHS strikes and the decade of discontent

When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.

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The ugly truth about fast fashion

Aja Barber reflects on her relationship with fast fashion, outlines its polluting and destructive effects, and shares the small, personal changes we can make that could help.

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Our endless quest for eternal youth

From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.

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Audrey and her family

In working on Audrey Amiss’s archive, Elena is getting closer to understanding her. But the way her niece and nephew remember Audrey adds essential detail to the picture.

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  • Condoman, a cartoon figure, holds a packet of condoms on a beach; advertising safe sex among indigenous Australians. Colour lithograph by the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, Australia, and the Aboriginal Health Workers of Australia (Queensland).
  • Guidelines for a joint Labour-management Workplace Policy on AIDS with logo illustrations by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong (large version). Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A figure engulfed by a condom with another figure walking away to the right disconsolately; advertisement for safe sex by the Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services, Australia. Colour lithograph.
  • The face of a child in the palm of a dotted hand with a list of equipment and procedures for cleaning up blood spills; an advertisement by the AIDS STD Unit, Health Department Victoria, Australia. Colour lithograph, October 1990.
  • The face of a child in the palm of a dotted hand with a list of equipment and procedures for cleaning up blood spills; an advertisement by the AIDS STD Unit, Health Department Victoria (Australia). Colour lithograph, October 1990.
  • Guidelines for a joint labour-management workplace policy on AIDS with logo illustrations by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Guidelines for a joint labour-management Workplace Policy on AIDS with logo illustrations by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Guidelines for a joint labour-management workplace policy on AIDS with logo illustrations by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • James Swan, a boxer wearing a red Adidas vest and 'Ring Pro Australia' gloves and helmet with an inset photograph of him holding up a condom; an advertisement for information about STDs by the Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • James Swan, a boxer wearing a red Adidas vest and 'Ring Pro Australia' gloves and helmet with an inset photograph of him holding up a condom; an advertisement for information about STDs by the Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services. Colour lithograph, 1992.
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