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Surviving as a working-class woman without work

An enforced period of unemployment was extremely tough for Claire Hart, a working-class woman with a strong work ethic. Here she describes her feelings during this difficult time.

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In the tracks of Derek Jarman’s tears

Researcher E K Myerson shares her moving encounters with the personal papers of artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman.

  • Long read

Our complicated love affair with light

Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.

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Conserving Audrey

Elena describes how specially designed storage allows Audrey’s scrapbooks to retain all traces of her creative process, although their intrinsic fragility means deterioration is almost inevitable.

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  • Jesus Christ. Cut paper work.
  • Jesus Christ. Cut paper work.
  • Christ on the cross. Cut paper work.
  • A rose with lettering. Coloured cut paper work with letterpress.
  • Christ as a gardener, with filigree border. Coloured cut paper work.
  • A rider on his horse baulking over a fox. Colour lithograph cut paper work.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata of Christ. Gouache and cut-paper work.
  • The Sacred Heart floating in a lake, framed by flowers. Coloured cut paper work.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi praying in front of a crucifix. Gouache and cut-paper work.
  • The betrothal of the Virgin and Saint Joseph, with filigree border. Coloured cut paper work.
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