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Living with invisible illness

What happens when the signs of your illness are invisible to the rest of the world? Hannah Turner describes the daily struggles of living with invisible illness.

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Graveyards as green getaways

Stressed city dwellers have been visiting cemeteries in greater numbers since the start of the pandemic. Discover how, despite the constant reminders of death, graveyards bring visitors a sense of renewal.

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The lost art of convalescence

The efficacy of antibiotics and the demands of work mean we rarely convalesce after an illness. But in the past it was an important part of the return to health.

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Autism assessments and me

When, as an adult, Mayanne Soret decided to get a formal diagnosis of her autism, she found that the series of assessments had a dishearteningly negative focus, seeming to frame her as a problem.

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  • Normal ECG, at rest
  • Brain-rest / by J. Leonard Corning.
  • Rest-harrow (Ononis repens): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Rest-harrow plant (Ononis arvensis) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • The British army at rest in their barracks
  • Pilgrim's Rest, South Africa: a settlement near the Lydenberg Gold Fields. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • S S White Light for the Head Rest. Fig. 150, page 347, 'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • Beecham's music portfolio. No. 70, O rest in the Lord. (Elijah).
  • Beecham's music portfolio. No. 70, O rest in the Lord. (Elijah).
  • Beecham's music portfolio. No. 70, O rest in the Lord. (Elijah).
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