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Good animals, bad humans?

Could an animal be more evolved than a human? Victorian psychologists thought that in some cases the answer could be ‘yes’.

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Our complicated love affair with light

Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.

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The solidarity of sickness

Visiting an injured friend in hospital prompts writer Sinéad Gleeson to reflect on the instant rapport forged between compatriots in the kingdom of the sick.

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  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea; and the Rotunda at Ranelagh: views of the north and south facades, the former an elevational view, the latter a bird's-eye view, with boats on the river. Engraving by B. Cole, 1756.
  • An equestrian entertainment in the Boboli gardens, Florence, celebrating the wedding of Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany and Vittoria della Rovere, 1637: the carriage viewed against the Pitti Palace, the arena, and bird's eye views of the formations. Etching by S. Della Bella after A. Ricci and F. Gambrai.
  • Leiden pest house, bird's-eye view. Etching.
  • The Charterhouse, London: a bird's-eye view. Engraving.
  • Exeter College, Oxford: bird's eye view. Wood engraving.
  • Sanatorio Mussolini, Rome; bird's eye view. Process print.
  • Charterhouse Square, London: a bird's-eye view. Coloured engraving, 1720.
  • Merton College, Oxford: bird's eye view with key. Line engraving.
  • St. Mary's College, Oscott, Staffordshire: bird's-eye view. Line engraving.
  • Queen's College, Oxford: bird's eye view and printed text. Line engraving.
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