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The ambivalence of air

Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.

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The hidden history of homesickness

Gail Tolley delves into the history of homesickness and discovers that its rich past holds a clue to how we view the experience today.

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The solidarity of sickness

Visiting an injured friend in hospital prompts writer Sinéad Gleeson to reflect on the instant rapport forged between compatriots in the kingdom of the sick.

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Talent, tech and visual art

Jamie Hale finds a combination of talent and technology are crucial when it comes to creating great visual art, but how do you keep working when your circumstances are in constant flux?

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  • Keeps the Mountain, a Sioux. Platinum print by F.A. Rinehart, 1898.
  • A hospital beneath a castle keep and a range of mountains (the Alps?) Engraving by R. Wallis, 1835, after W.H. Bartlett.
  • Philiates (Filiates), Albania (subsequently Greece): the town and surrounding mountains. Colour lithograph after G.D. Beresford, 1855.
  • A young man sits on a bench in a Bavarian street playing the zither as he watches a young woman walk past. Etching by Hubert Herkomer.
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