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Dial ‘S’ for sex

In pre-internet days, phone boxes became a patchwork of ‘tart cards’ offering sexual services. Find out about the clandestine world they hint at.

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A medieval guide to practical magic

With few sources of effective help available when treating an injured patient, the medieval physician could instead stage a healing ceremony using a practical how-to guide he carried with him.

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A history of gestation outside the body

It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.

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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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  • Penazol P.A.S. / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Penazol P.A.S. / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Penazol P.A.S. / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Penazol P.A.S. / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Trimicina / Farmaceutici Italia S.A., representantes exclusivos Comindustria S.A.
  • Farmicetina jarabe / S.A. Farmaceutici Italia (Gruppo Montecatini), representantes exclusivos Comindustria S.A.
  • A sailor in drag on S.S. Caronia. Photograph, 195-.
  • A sailor in drag on S.S. Caronia. Photograph, 195-.
  • Stone circle at Inveranran, Glanfalloch, Perthshire. P.S.A.S.
  • Barbed bone points ("harpoons"). Oban, Argyll's P.S.A.S.
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