Stories
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When contemporary dance meets dyspraxia
Discover why a rare neurological condition meant an enthusiastic club-night dancer struggled with formal dance classes. And how persisting with those classes paid off.
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The intimate and invasive art of ethical taxidermy
Does displaying dead animals bring us closer to nature, or drive us further apart?
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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
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Death and our digital ghosts
When we die, our data lives on. And as companies are increasingly spotting money-making opportunities from digital legacies, now could be the time to think about – and control – yours.
Catalogue
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The Dance of death: frontispiece. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1816Reference: 31276iPart of: English dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with metrical illustrations, by the author of "Dr Syntax".- Pictures
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Dance of death: death and the abbot. Coloured etching and letterpress after J.-A. Chovin after the Basel dance of death.
Reference: 31180i- Pictures
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Dance of death: death and the executioner. Coloured etching and letterpress after J.-A. Chovin after the Basel dance of death.
Reference: 31186i- Books
The Dance of death : illustrated in forty-eight plates / by Hans Holbein.
Date: 1887- Books
The Dance of death and the macabre spirit in European literature / by Leonard P. Kurtz.
Kurtz, Leonard P. (Leonard Paul), 1892-1989.Date: [cl934]