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Keeping death close

Scattering her father’s ashes, Lauren Entwistle found herself longing for something physical that proved he once was a living, breathing person. Here she reflects on the objects that help us to grieve and remember.

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Rebuilding my identity after a brain injury

Chris Miller talks about how a brain injury forced him to reassess his place in the world – physically, personally and socially.

  • Book extract

A history of sex for sale

Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.

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Finding out where my lithium comes from

The origins of the lithium Laura Grace Simpkins swallows daily are unclear. If we don’t know the provenance of our pills, how can we make informed decisions about them?

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  • Magnolia 'Black Diamond'
  • Hugh Welch Diamond. Photograph.
  • Diamond works: interior view (a) diamond cutters (b) elevations of faceted cut diamonds. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • 'Religious melancholy' after a photograph by H. W. Diamond
  • 'Suicidal melancholy' after a photograph by H. W. Diamond
  • 'Melancholy' by W. Bagg after a photograph by H. W. Diamond
  • Diamond cutters: interior view (a) a diamond cutters' wheel (b) elevations and sections of cutting machines with various components. Etching by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • A Bay's muzzle, fleshmarks; diamond-shaped
  • 'Melancholy passing into mania' by W. Bagg after a photograph by H. W. Diamond
  • Members of the Photographic Society club, with H.W. Diamond on the left. Photograph, ca. 1856.
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