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Finding out where my lithium comes from

The origins of the lithium Laura Grace Simpkins swallows daily are unclear. If we don’t know the provenance of our pills, how can we make informed decisions about them?

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Pain, politics and the power of photography

Art historian Giulia Smith explains what she most admires in the work of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, and how their approach makes illness political.

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Building a dream in the garden suburbs

In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.

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How do advertisers get inside our heads?

Vance Packard exposed techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s advertisers that are still at work today in the age of big data.

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  • A naked man holding his head and groin against a landscape representing the 1994 calendar depicting photographs of the New Zealand male; advertisement by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation. Lithograph by Neil Trubuhovich.
  • A stag in a mountainous landscape. Photograph after E.H. Landseer with a pen and ink drawing of a waterfall.
  • A young man, showing signs of mental deficiency, leaning awkwardly against the back of a chair. Photograph by Davis.
  • A young woman with a short fringe, showing signs of mental deficiency. Photograph by J. Davis.
  • A young man, seated, with an intense expression in his eyes. Photograph by J. Davis.
  • A young child with protruding tongue, showing signs of mental deficiency, sitting on a large upholstered chair. Photograph by Davis.
  • A young dark-haired boy, showing signs of mental deficiency, wearing a tweed coat, looking at the camera from over his left shoulder. Photograph by J. Davis.
  • A boy smiling and standing next to a wooden chair. Photograph.
  • A Maori man with a tattoed face. Photograph by J. Bragge, 18--.
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