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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances

In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.

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Queer cafés and gay mylk

Holly Regan explores queer London spaces where the alternative – oat milk – is the norm for the communities gathering there.

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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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How to cure the eco-anxious

Could community activism be the key to overcoming a fear of environmental collapse?

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  • Pilot Whale Campaign.
  • Pilot Whale Campaign.
  • Multiple heads of President George W. Bush; representing the dangers of human cloning. Colour lithograph, 2004.
  • An illustrated numbered guide on how to treat mosquito nets to prevent malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Aventis Environmental Science, ca. 2000.
  • Streptococci gordonii biofilm grown on a dental restorative; imaged by scanning electron microscopy.
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