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Crime drama and the realistic cadaver

Today we are accustomed to the increasingly realistic look of dead bodies in on-screen dramas. Special-effects expert Hildegunn M S Traa reveals how crime and morgue scenes reflect the social idea of death.

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Befriending heavy breathers

Read the fascinating story behind the rare manual that helped volunteers on one of Britain’s first free telephone helplines to deal with masturbating callers.

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Acid and the sexual psychonauts

How LSD fuelled one woman’s journey of sexual self-discovery in the late 1950s.

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How ritual creates meaning

In a world that encourages us to quash our sense of wonder, ritual can help push away apathy and nurture life-enhancing creativity and imagination.

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  • Statuette of I-M-Hotep, Egyptian Deity
  • Statuette of I-M-Hotep, Egyptian Deity
  • With compliments / E.M. Pam, M.Sc., F.R.I.C., Medical Department, Marmite Limited.
  • With compliments / E.M. Pam, M.Sc., F.R.I.C., Medical Department, Marmite Limited.
  • M0006658: Drawing of <i>Eusthenopteron Foordi</i>
  • I-M-Hotep, Egyptian god of the physicians, silver statuette.
  • I-M-Hotep, Egyptian god of the physicians, silver statuette.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after I.G.
  • I could tell you I'm positive : I could tell you I'm negative, I could lie to you, you don't need to know / GMFA.
  • I could tell you I'm positive : I could tell you I'm negative, I could lie to you, you don't need to know / GMFA.
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