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Chinese fashion and the history of the cloud collar

Discover the accessory that has captivated people for centuries, from seventh-century buddhas to 21st-century fashion subcultures.

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Beating the bodysnatchers

When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.

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Little feet on Pett Level Beach

Poet and author Penny Pepper has vivid memories of childhood beach trips when her father was still alive, enthusiastically encouraging her curiosity and love of nature.

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My important, ridiculous nose

The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.

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  • Fashionable men and women promenading with their faces obscured by large collars and headwear. Etching by William Brocas.
  • Two dogs, with their collars joined together. Engraving with etching by J.B. Pratt, after Heywood Hardy, 1875.
  • Exemption from muzzling in certain districts : A. Garstin & Co.'s (only prize medals awarded for) dog collars.
  • Items of uniform of British army medical staff with the jackets, tunic sleeves and collars of different ranking officers. Lithograph, c. 1880.
  • The heads and shoulders of five women wearing their hair dressed with flowers, butterflies, feathers, jewellery and a hat; two bodices with embroidery and four collars. Coloured line block, 1863, by Thiery (?).
  • Parodies of pictures at the Royal Academy: a woman in the centre surrounded by candles in holders, a man (Frederic Leighton RA) with a box of collars, a goose girl, soldiers in battle and women at tables. Wood engravings by Dalziel Brothers after J.G Thomson, 1871.
  • Horse in head collar
  • Horse with head collar and bridle
  • Horse with head collar - restraint maximised
  • Correct handling of a foal with head collar
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