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A bad atmosphere in the Balkans

The citizens of Belgrade, one of the most polluted cities in Europe, are finally pushing back against the polluters, whose activities they’ve been encouraged to accept.

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Air of threat

Novelist Chloe Aridjis vividly describes the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico City, as a combination of topography, crowded neighbourhoods, and reckless political diktats create a downward spiral.

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People against pollution

Alice Bell reflects on what happens when communities help solve environmental problems, and whether citizen science can help fight industrial pollution today.

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Naked, not nude

Classicist Caroline Vout argues that it’s time to take the dust covers off the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and to encounter their bodies not nude, but naked.

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  • [Postcard sized card inviting nominations for the British Red Cross Society annual Humanitarian Citizen Awards, "Do you know a local hero?"].
  • [Postcard sized card inviting nominations for the British Red Cross Society annual Humanitarian Citizen Awards, "Do you know a local hero?"].
  • AIDS : Citizen Action AIDS Policy Unit, 53 Queen Anne Street, London W1M 0LJ ... : the AIDS Policy Unit - what it is.
  • Saint Roch, represented showing a bubonic sore under the guise of a pilgrim. A citizen of Montpellier who devoted his life to serving those stricken with plague. Celebrated on the 16th August.
  • By the King : A proclamation for adiouring the Terme [on account of the plague; also forbidding any citizen from seeking the royal touch as a cure for the King's Evil. 9 Sept. 1630]
  • By the King : A proclamation for adiouring the Terme [on account of the plague; also forbidding any citizen from seeking the royal touch as a cure for the King's Evil. 9 Sept. 1630]
  • By the King : A proclamation for adiouring the Terme [on account of the plague; also forbidding any citizen from seeking the royal touch as a cure for the King's Evil. 9 Sept. 1630]
  • AIDS? HIV+? : What you can expect from your Citizens Advice Bureau ... / Citizens Advice Bureau ; Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Information sheet on AIDS/HIV from the Citizens Advice Bureau. Colour lithograph.
  • An American woman preaching Prohibition to a crowd of well-dressed American citizens. Colour lithograph, 192-.
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Racism, Wilful Ignorance and Psychiatry

The Forum
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  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed
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