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Eugenics and the welfare state

Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.

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Wonder years

The confusion and secrecy surrounding his condition seriously affected Chris’s mental health, blighting his teenage years. But somehow he began to hope and plan for the future.

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Getting around the rules of sex education

What should we and shouldn’t we teach our teens about sex, inside and outside of the classroom?

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Beating the bodysnatchers

When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.

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  • Group Portrait outside Old Schools, Cambridge 1898
  • Part of the Old Schools, Oxford. Wood engraving.
  • St Paul's Schools, Clerkenwell, London. Wood engraving, 1861.
  • Croft Schools, Herefordshire. Wood engraving after Mountfort, 1850.
  • Darenth Asylum and Schools, Dartford, Kent: panoramic view. Photograph.
  • SCOFF! : Schools' campaign opposed to factory farming / Viva!.
  • SCOFF! : Schools' campaign opposed to factory farming / Viva!.
  • SCOFF! : Schools' campaign opposed to factory farming / Viva!.
  • SCOFF! : Schools' campaign opposed to factory farming / Viva!.
  • SCOFF! : Schools' campaign opposed to factory farming / Viva!.
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Healing Pavilion School Workshop

The Studio
Past
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Life Drawing

The Studio and the Forum
Past
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Genes, Technology and Food

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