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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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Two health centres, two ideologies

Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.

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The complex longing for home

It could be mild, an almost poetic longing. Or it could be visceral, deep, an overwhelming feeling that eats into your everyday life. Come with Gail Tolley as she introduces a deep dive into homesickness.

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Tripping for spiritualism and science

Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.

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  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • Four children sit chatting about AIDS while eating bread around a table representing an advertisement for the 5th course on AIDS education for higher education students in the 'Centro" district of Madrid; held at the Centro Cultural "Puerta de Toledo" in Madrid on 7 February 1995; organised by the Centre de Estudios Sociales Aplicados [Center of Applied Social Studies]. Colour lithograph by Irene Bordoy, 1995.
  • Four children sit chatting about AIDS; advertising the 4th course on AIDS education for higher education students in the 'Chamberí' district of Madrid; held at the Centro Cultural "Galileo" in Madrid on 16 November 1994; organised by the Centre de Estudios Sociales Aplicados [Center of Applied Social Studies]. Colour lithograph by Irene Bordoy, 1994.
  • Children of different nationalities stand, some waving; advertising the 6th course on AIDS education for higher education students in the 'Tetuán' district of Madrid; held at the Centro Cultural "Puerta de Toledo" in Madrid on 23 November 1995; organised by the Centre de Estudios Sociales Aplicados [Center of Applied Social Studies]. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • Living with differences : sexuality, values and the teacher : a course for teachers responsible for PSD, health education and religious studies on personal, religious and moral education in the age of AIDS : 9th-11th June, 1989 / University of Hull Social Values Research Centre.
  • Living with differences : sexuality, values and the teacher : a course for teachers responsible for PSD, health education and religious studies on personal, religious and moral education in the age of AIDS : 9th-11th June, 1989 / University of Hull Social Values Research Centre.
  • Living with differences : sexuality, values and the teacher : a course for teachers responsible for PSD, health education and religious studies on personal, religious and moral education in the age of AIDS : 9th-11th June, 1989 / University of Hull Social Values Research Centre.
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