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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.

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Pain, politics and the power of photography

Art historian Giulia Smith explains what she most admires in the work of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, and how their approach makes illness political.

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The shock of cardiac arrest when you’re young and fit

Footballer Christian Eriksen’s on-pitch collapse in 2020, witnessed by thousands, was shocking. Fellow cardiac-arrest survivor Meg Fozzard explores the risks in the young and fit, and how we can all help.

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Dying to be in nature

The modern funeral business is one that uses up precious resources and pollutes the planet. But you can make sure it’s only your memory that leaves its mark with these new and natural ways to leave this earth.

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  • The dance of death. Lithograph.
  • The dance of death. Lithograph.
  • The dance of death. Lithograph.
  • The dance of death. Lithograph.
  • The dance of death. Lithograph.
  • Dance of death: death and the gentleman. Etching attributed to J.-A. Chovin, 1720-1776, after the Basel dance of death.
  • Dance of death: death and the executioner. Coloured etching and letterpress after J.-A. Chovin after the Basel dance of death.
  • Dance of death: death and the abbot. Coloured etching and letterpress after J.-A. Chovin after the Basel dance of death.
  • Dance of death: death and the abbot. Etching attributed to J.-A. Chovin, 1720-1776, after the Basel dance of death.
  • Dance of death: death and the maiden. Etching attributed to J.-A. Chovin, 1720-1776, after the Basel dance of death.
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