Stories
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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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Political brilliance and the power of self-promotion
How do you convince people you’re exceptional? Meet the ultimate self-styled genius.
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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
Catalogue
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13 Dept. : books, music, musical instruments, bookbinding & foreign stamps / Army & Navy Co-operative Society, Limited, 105, Victoria St., Westminster, S.W.
Army & Navy Co-operative Society.Date: 1915- Books
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The words of the songs, duets, glees, chorusses, &c. in The nunnery, a comic opera of two acts. The music by Mr. Shield.
Pearce, William, active 1785-1796.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Ephemera
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Menu : Eastern Command Motor Ambulance Convoy. No. 2 Company : Officer Commanding- Capt. R. Stewart Barnes : dinner held at Beale's Restaurant, Holloway Road, N. : Thursday, March 27th, 1919 at 7 p.m.
Date: [1919?]- Pictures
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Roy and Gus, two music-hall actors, one in drag, converse across a bench. Photographic postcard by Greenfield Bros, 192-.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929]Reference: 2043466iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Books
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The battle of Trafalgar, grand characteristic piece composed for a military band. And dedicated with high respect to Admiral Lord Collingwood. By I.B: Logier. ...
Logier, I. B., -1846.Date: [1800?]