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Writing back to authority

As she cuts up old doctors’ letters and uses them to compose absurd poems, Caroline Butterwick reflects on the catharsis of creation and proposes writing as a way to take back control.

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Between sickness and health

In early 2020, the subject Will Rees was studying – imaginary illnesses – took on a new relevance as everyone anxiously scanned themselves for Covid symptoms each day. But this kind of self-scrutiny is nothing new, as he reveals.

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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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Sigrid Rausing’s prescription for writing

The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘Stay With Me’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.

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  • Don't worry about what you'll pick up at work : none of these will give you HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS ... / Health Education Authority ; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
  • Don't worry about what you'll pick up at work : none of these will give you HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS ... / Health Education Authority ; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
  • Condoms & lube : a users guide / Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority, Department of Health Promotion & Professional Advice, HIV / Sexual Health Team ; illustrations - Olivier Tossan.
  • Condoms & lube : a users guide / Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority, Department of Health Promotion & Professional Advice, HIV / Sexual Health Team ; illustrations - Olivier Tossan.
  • Condoms & lube : a users guide / Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority, Department of Health Promotion & Professional Advice, HIV / Sexual Health Team ; illustrations - Olivier Tossan.
  • Condoms & lube : a users guide / Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority, Department of Health Promotion & Professional Advice, HIV / Sexual Health Team ; illustrations - Olivier Tossan.
  • Have you arranged travel insurance? : Take care - take some condoms : condoms protect against HIV, other sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy... / Health Education Authority ; Health Promotion Wales.
  • Have you arranged travel insurance? : Take care - take some condoms : condoms protect against HIV, other sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy... / Health Education Authority ; Health Promotion Wales.
  • A man in a suit smiling with one finger raised, advocating use of condoms for gay men; an advertisement for safe sex by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg and the Office of Public Health - Health Promotion / AIDS. Colour lithograph by Transglobe Black Box and DMB&B.
  • A nurse with one finger raised and the message: 'Wer's im Urlaub ohne treibt, ist im Kopf nicht ganz gescheit' [Whoever goes on holiday unprepared is not clever in the head]; an advertisement for safe sex by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg and the Office of Public Health - Health Promotion / AIDS. Colour lithograph by Transglobe Black Box and DMB&B.
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