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Virtual reality and the fix of the future

Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.

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Rebuilding my identity after a brain injury

Chris Miller talks about how a brain injury forced him to reassess his place in the world – physically, personally and socially.

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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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Lonely bodies are hungry for more than turkey

At Christmas, many charities provide dinners for homeless or isolated people. Food is central to festive celebrations, but it can also satisfy our hunger for belonging and community.

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  • A Quaker family are sitting at the dinner table and the father has his hands together as he gives thanks for the food. Mezzotint by Charles G. Lewis after Alexander Fraser.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
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