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Social isolation and the search for sanctuary
Threatened with deportation, Furaha Asani turned to her church for support. Met with silence and disinterest, she walked away, but argues that churches should do much more for migrants.
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Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
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Living with less for spiritual gain
Today, a minimalist lifestyle is trumpeted as a route to happiness. Find out what religious ascetics from history and modern proponents of the spartan-looking home can teach us.
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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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The practical surveyor, or, the art of land-measuring, made easy. Shewing by plain and practical Rules, how to Survey any Piece of Land whatsoever, by the Plain - Table, Theodolite, or Circumferentor: Or, by the Chain only. And how to Protract, Cast up, Reduce, and Divide the same. Likewise, A New Method of Protracting Observations made with the Meridian; and how to cast up the Content of any Plot of Land, by Reducing any Multangular Figure to one Triangle: Being more exact and expeditious than heretofore used. To which is added, an appendix, Shewing how to Draw Buildings, &c. in Perspective, from Observations made by the New Theodolite, its Use in Levelling, in finding the exact Number of solid Feet, contained in any Timber Trees before they are cut down, by Inspection only; and also the Use of a new-invented Spirit-Level. With several other Things never before made Publick. By Samuel Wyld, Gent.
Wyld, Samuel.Date: M.DCC.XXV. [1725]
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World War One: a church transformed into a military hospital. Gouache painting by G. Holiday, 1915.
Holiday, Gilbert, 1879-1937.Date: 1915Reference: 572902i- Pictures
Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Watercolour by H. Paget after H. McCormick, 1899.
McCormick, H., active 1900.Date: 1899Reference: 567965i
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Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Halftone, c.1900, after H. Paget after H. McCormick.
McCormick, H., active 1900.Date: 1900Reference: 23515i
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Boer War: a full military hospital ward in a church at Mafeteng, South Africa. Halftone, c. 1900, after M. Maseru.
Maseru, Mee, active 1900.Date: 1900Reference: 23507i