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Two health centres, two ideologies

Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.

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The history of brainwashing

Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.

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The desire for lighter skin

Discover why some Black people feel more attractive with lighter skin. Ngunan Adamu speaks to three women who explain how they got hooked on skin bleaching.

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Does mass media pave the way to fascism?

In the aftermath of World War II, psychoanalysts found the psychological roots of authoritarianism closer to home than was comfortable.

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  • Red ribbons litter an illustration showing a series of faces; monuments, including a London double decker bus, denote cities around the world; an advertisement for World AIDS day . Colour lithograph by National AIDS Trust, 1994.
  • Versions of the red ribbon symbol by artists from around the world representing an advertisement for World Aids Day by the National Aids Trust. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • A French supporter of the Paris Commune prefers to throw an incendiary bomb to advance equality, while a British workman prefers to smoke his pipe in the interests of liberty. Wood engraving by J. Swain, ca. 1871, after Sir J. Tenniel.
  • A large red ribbon decorated with hearts in the centre of numerous other artistic impressions of the red ribbon symbol representing an advertisement for World Aids Day by the National Aids Trust. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • Maxim Gorky and F.I. Chaliapin. Photographic postcard, ca. 1900.
  • Maxim Gorky and F.I. Chaliapin. Photographic postcard, ca. 1900.
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