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Why we need to decolonise the skies

Astronomer Dr Tana Joseph explores how rethinking way we look at the stars could improve our relationship with our own planet and make it a healthier place to live.

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Sharing Nature: Over the rainbow

Here’s your choice of the most meaningful nature photo on the theme of health.

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The enduring myth of the mad genius

There’s a fine line to tread between creativity and psychosis.

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Collecting pandemic stories

Find out how personal notebook jottings from two flatmates became ‘Journals of a Pandemic’, a comprehensive diary-keeping project encompassing dozens of writers from a wide variety of backgrounds.

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Images

  • The fifth plague of Egypt, cattle dying. Coloured etching.
  • The plague of hail and thunder. Coloured etching.
  • The plague of lice. Coloured etching.
  • The plague of frogs. Coloured etching.
  • The first plague in Egypt, rivers turned to blood. Coloured etching.
  • Wotton house and grounds in Surrey. Etching after J. Evelyn, 1653.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving after T. Bowles, 1753.
  • The Mughal emperor being weighed on his birthday. Coloured etching.
  • The plague of insects. Coloured etching.
  • The plague of darkness. Coloured etching.
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