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Little feet on Pett Level Beach

Poet and author Penny Pepper has vivid memories of childhood beach trips when her father was still alive, enthusiastically encouraging her curiosity and love of nature.

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Sharing Nature: Alone

Being alone in nature can be a contradictory experience of fear and freedom.

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The house of Joan

The longueurs of hospital stays and enforced inactivity were the spur to Joan’s precise tailoring skills and flamboyant creations, all to the benefit of her fashion-loving sisters.

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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction

Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.

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  • Fletcher Beach. Photograph by Bassano.
  • Thomas Boswell Beach. Photograph by Swaine.
  • Fletcher Beach. Photograph by Lafayette Ltd.
  • Fletcher Beach. Photograph by Martin & Sallnow.
  • Henry Harrington. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1799, after T. Beach, 1799.
  • Richard Pulteney. Stipple engraving by Piercy Roberts, 1805, after T. Beach.
  • William Cuming. Line engraving by W. Sharp, 1785, after T. Beach, 1783.
  • Richard Pulteney. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1814, after T. Beach, 1788.
  • A man poses on a beach.
  • A man poses on a beach.
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