Stories
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Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
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The joys and failures of audio description
Audio description enhances the experience of watching a film or TV show for people with a visual impairment, but it's not widely available in the UK. Alex Lee explains why.
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Hands-on healthcare
A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.
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Refugee health on a pound a day
Two refugees living a hand-to-mouth existence in the UK explain how trauma has affected their health, and how a little kindness is bringing them hope.
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Saint Leopold: shop sign for St Leopold's pharmacy, Vienna. Oil painting by E. Nacht, 18--.
Nacht, E. (Painter in Vienna)Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 44797i- Pictures
Vases of flowers and a botanic garden with Saint Peter. Oil painting by O'Brien.
O’Brien, Thomas, active 1770-1812.Reference: 44690i
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A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 February 1751Reference: 26456i
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A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: published according to Act of Parliament 1 February 1751Reference: 26979i
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A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1 February 1751Reference: 26964i