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  • Book extract

You know the drill

Richard Barnett opens wide the true meaning of a healthy mouth.

  • Article

Living in limbo when a loved one is missing

When someone goes missing, loved ones are thrown into a state akin to constant grieving; waiting for news, living in hope. Novelist Bev Thomas describes how they try to cope and carry on.

  • Article

The tale of the toxic kidneys

In 1954 a serendipitous coming together of skills and circumstances allowed the first successful organ transplant to take place. Read how Richard Herrick’s life was prolonged by his identical twin’s generosity.

  • Interview

Inside the minds of A R Hopwood and Honor Beddard

The curators of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ reveal the stories behind the exhibits, and the intriguing truths the show confronts us with.

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  • Sir Thomas Richard Fraser. Photograph.
  • Richard Thomas Tracy. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • Thomas Tesdall and Richard Wightwick. Engraving.
  • Sir Thomas Richard Fraser. Photograph by Barraud.
  • Sir Thomas Richard Fraser. Photograph by Barraud.
  • Sir Thomas Richard Fraser. Photograph by A. Swan Watson, 1936.
  • Sir Thomas Richard Fraser. Photograph by A. Swan Watson, 1936.
  • Saint Thomas's Hospital, Southwark: the courtyard, with portraits of Mark Akenside, Richard Mead and William Cheselden. Oil painting.
  • Saint Thomas's Hospital, Southwark: the courtyard, with portraits of Mark Akenside, Richard Mead and William Cheselden. Oil painting.
  • Saint Thomas's Hospital, Southwark: the courtyard, with portraits of Mark Akenside, Richard Mead and William Cheselden. Oil painting.
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