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Deciding a date for the end of the world

When will the world end? Charlotte Sleigh explores how our obsession with dates and dramatic imaginings of the end can distract us from the dangers slowly creeping up on us.

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Diagnosing OCD in the past

Mining the writings of and about famous historical figures, retrospective psychologists try to diagnose their mental health problems. But, inevitably, partial evidence is open to misinterpretation.

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Families fighting for justice

In 1962 a group of parents whose children had been affected by thalidomide began a decades-long battle in the law courts, the media and Parliament in order to win fair justice for all thalidomide survivors.

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The colonist who faced the blue terror

India, 1857. In a British enclave, Katherine Bartrum watches her friend, and then her family, succumb to the deadly cholera.

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  • AIDS and the church as a healing community : the Geneva consultation: June 1986 / Christian Action on AIDS, The World Council of Churches.
  • AIDS and the church as a healing community : the Geneva consultation: June 1986 / Christian Action on AIDS, The World Council of Churches.
  • AIDS and the church as a healing community : the Geneva consultation: June 1986 / Christian Action on AIDS, The World Council of Churches.
  • AIDS and the church as a healing community : the Geneva consultation: June 1986 / Christian Action on AIDS, The World Council of Churches.
  • Young and Irish : AIDS, know the facts : emigrating to Britain? Living in Britain? / produced jointly by AGIY, Action Group for Irish Youth, Postively Irish Action on AIDS (PIAA).
  • Young and Irish : AIDS, know the facts : emigrating to Britain? Living in Britain? / produced jointly by AGIY, Action Group for Irish Youth, Postively Irish Action on AIDS (PIAA).
  • Young and Irish : AIDS, know the facts : emigrating to Britain? Living in Britain? / produced jointly by AGIY, Action Group for Irish Youth, Postively Irish Action on AIDS (PIAA).
  • Young and Irish : AIDS, know the facts : emigrating to Britain? Living in Britain? / produced jointly by AGIY, Action Group for Irish Youth, Postively Irish Action on AIDS (PIAA).
  • Young and Irish : AIDS, know the facts : emigrating to Britain? Living in Britain? / produced jointly by AGIY, Action Group for Irish Youth, Postively Irish Action on AIDS (PIAA).
  • Young and Irish : AIDS, know the facts : emigrating to Britain? Living in Britain? / produced jointly by AGIY, Action Group for Irish Youth, Postively Irish Action on AIDS (PIAA).
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