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The family food of a kebab van man

Melek Erdal celebrates the physical and mental resilience of her father Yusuf, forged by isolation and dislocation, and reinforced by the distinctive cuisine of his home country, Turkey.

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Searching for a place to call home

Wherever she’s lived, Tanya Perdikou has rarely felt at home, and numerous moves have perpetuated a sense of disconnection. But signs from nature offer powerful moments of connection.

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Belonging and why we long for it

Tanya Perdikou’s upbringing emphasised conventional respectability, but other influential family members embraced the bohemian life. Caught between two sets of values, she questions where, if anywhere, she fits in.

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Why we no longer keep our dead at home

Today in the UK we rarely sit with, touch, or perhaps even see our loved ones after they’ve died. Past practices were very different and, Claire Cock-Starkey argues, were more helpful for those grieving.

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  • A male dwarf, playing the violin to a family in a rural setting. Etching by P.S. Lamborne after A. van Ostade.
  • A woman and three chidren are sitting by the side of a track with a basket and flagon nearby. Lithograph by T. Fairland.
  • A family round a table with a young woman feeding her baby with her mother preparing a meal. Etching by Ch. Courtry after L. Lhermitte.
  • A family round a table with a young woman feeding her baby with her mother preparing a meal. Etching by Ch. Courtry after L. Lhermitte.
  • A family are saddened by the sale of their pet lamb. Engraving by C. Rolls after W. Collins, 1813.
  • A cottager returns to his family with two rabbits he has shot. Coloured process print after George Morland.
  • A health inspector dismayed to discover that a mother thinks her child has been vaccinated because he has been butted by a cow. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1877.
  • Two girls commenting on the fact that the new doctor's children are ugly as they pass them in the woods - misinterpreting the theory of natural selection. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1892.
  • A doctor asking his patients husband how she is, he replies (amidst a devasted room) that he's not sure but she certainly has a temper. Wood engraving by H ..., 1904.
  • Animal husbandry: poultry
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