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The friendly societies and healthcare

For a couple of centuries, friendly societies plugged the healthcare gap between expensive private care and charitable institutions for many thousands of people in the UK.

  • Article

Writing back to authority

As she cuts up old doctors’ letters and uses them to compose absurd poems, Caroline Butterwick reflects on the catharsis of creation and proposes writing as a way to take back control.

  • Article

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.

  • Book extract

You, a thousand years ago

Jack Hartnell argues that, if we were transported into the medieval past, we’d find ourselves somewhere different yet strangely familiar.

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  • Altar piece, Salerno Cathedral: the Creation.
  • God enjoys the Creation and creates Eve. Line engraving.
  • The Creation: episodes in the book of Genesis. Oil painting.
  • The Creation: episodes in the book of Genesis. Oil painting.
  • The Creation: episodes in the book of Genesis. Oil painting.
  • The Creation: episodes in the book of Genesis. Oil painting.
  • The Creation: episodes in the book of Genesis. Oil painting.
  • Children playing with various toys, in the background are paintings of the Creation and the creation of Adam. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1636.
  • Children playing with various toys, in the background are paintings of the Creation and the creation of Adam. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1636.
  • Scheuchzer: creation of fish
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Alibi

Gallery 2
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Part of Misbehaving Bodies Drop-in Workshops

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