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18 results for
"Satire"
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Finding the ‘men’ in mental health
Explore how ideas about masculinity have influenced the way men talk about and experience their mental health, from the 1800s to today.
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Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut
Cultural historian Elsa Richardson leads us on a lively tour of the gut, exploring all the ways that we have imagined, theorised and probed the mysteries of the gastroenterological system.
Elsa Richardson
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Eels and feels
For Georgian Londoners, the allure of electric animals was both intellectual and sensual.
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Why the world needs collectors
Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.
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Dealing with the dead after a nuclear attack
Cold War-era predictions of death on a vast scale became routine. But the British authorities were less prepared to dispose of the bodies.
'Electricity: The spark of life' comes to Wellcome Collection in 2017
Tracing the story of mankind’s quest to understand, unlock and master the power of electricity.
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Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
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Going viral in the online anti-vaccine wars
‘Anti-vaxxers’ are taking their message online using powerful images as well as words. But is the pro campaigners’ response any better?
Wellcome Collection presents Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery: Misbehaving Bodies, a major new exhibition opening in May 2019
Uncover the powerful narratives of chronic illness and identity in the major exhibition ‘Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery: Misbehaving Bodies’ at Wellcome Collection.
'Making Nature' upcoming exhibition at Wellcome Collection
New exhibition will examine what we think, feel and value about other species and the consequences this has for the world around us.
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The side effects of lithium mining
Laura Grace Simpkins attempts to untangle some uncomfortable truths about the social and environmental costs of making her medication.
Open at Wellcome Collection - 'Making Nature: How we see animals'
'Making Nature: How we see animals' brings together over 100 objects from literature, film, taxidermy and photography.
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
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Duelling doctors
An enduring enthusiasm for 18th-century gentlemen to defend their ‘honour’ by duelling placed doctors in a delicate position. Specially when they faced being shot themselves.
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The girl with no name
When a now anonymous teenager sold her tooth for transplant, she couldn’t have predicted that she’d end up at the heart of a troubling story about 18th-century beauty ideals.
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Inside the mind of Ayurvedic Man’s curator, Bárbara Rodriguez Muñoz
The choices a curator makes – what goes in? what stays out? why? – are often as fascinating as the exhibition itself.
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My important, ridiculous nose
The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.
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The Coming of Age exhibition text
Our new exhibition explores experiences and perceptions of ageing, from adolescence to older age, and asks how societies can adapt to ensure everyone ages better.
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