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A journey through slime

Did you know that slime cells signal to each other and seek out multiple partners? Welcome to bath time with Abi Palmer – and some revolting yet awe-inspiring grey slime.

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Naked, not nude

Classicist Caroline Vout argues that it’s time to take the dust covers off the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and to encounter their bodies not nude, but naked.

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Homes for the hives of industry

By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.

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How depression ruined my relationship with sleep

One reaction to depression is a craving for sleep, creating a dependence that can provoke guilt and anxiety. Emerging from “five blurry years”, one writer tracks her steps to better health.

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  • Metal eye bath
  • Green glass eye bath.
  • Silver eye baths.
  • Selection of eye baths
  • Selection of eye baths
  • Two coloured glass eye baths in blue and green.
  • Two coloured glass eye baths in blue and green.
  • White ceramic eye baths and beside open case, painted ceramic
  • Bird's-eye view of Banbury swimming baths, private baths with a ground plan and key. Wood engraving after B. Sly, 1855.
  • To the left four people are sharing baths, in the centre a man pulls a worm from his leg, and to the right another man is being treated for an eye disease. Reproduction of an engraving.
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