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Delusional recycling and the problem with plastic

Many of us are guilty of wishful thinking when it comes to our rubbish. Arianne Shahvisi exposes shaky recycling infrastructure and overseas dumping, arguing for an end to waste colonialism.

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Dress and the magic of touch

Fashion, of course, is largely about appearance, but the feeling of clothes on your skin is a complex sensory experience. Shahidha Bari contemplates the human connections in the business of creating and wearing clothes.

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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas

Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.

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  • India: the Bikanir Camel Corps conservancy area ferry post: incinerators in the desert with Indian men. Photograph by J.D. Graham, 1900/1910.
  • Incinerator with man in turban. Photograph, 1920/1940.
  • Incinerator-latrine (field service.) : with hot water supply.
  • Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa: an incinerator built from boulders. Photograph, 1905/1925.
  • Jebel Moya: view showing stone incinerator extreme, on left hand-side
  • Jebel Moya: view showing stone incinerator in foreground and tents in background
  • Iraq (formerly Mesopotamia) (?): shelf incinerator on an army camp. Photograph, ca. 1916.
  • Men with cattle, pulling a cart with an incinerator on it. Photograph, c. 1911.
  • Closed incinerator, brick-built, in a clearing surrounded by palm trees, Africa (?). Photograph, 1905/1915.
  • Nasiriyeh, Iraq (formerly Mesopotamia): an incinerator in the First World War army camp at the Euphrates Front; an Indian soldier poses in front of the structure. Photograph, ca. 1915.
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