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Families fighting for justice

In 1962 a group of parents whose children had been affected by thalidomide began a decades-long battle in the law courts, the media and Parliament in order to win fair justice for all thalidomide survivors.

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Why we need to decolonise the skies

Astronomer Dr Tana Joseph explores how rethinking way we look at the stars could improve our relationship with our own planet and make it a healthier place to live.

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Rose Mackenberg’s deceptive activism

Discover how a New York private investigator became part of Houdini’s mission to expose the fraudulent mediums making money from their vulnerable, grieving clients.

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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles

Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.

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  • The Leper Settlement, Providencia Island, Venezuela: the wards (right) and the chapel (left). Photograph, 1890/1910.
  • Malaya: steam yacht of the governor of the Straits Settlement on a Malaysian river. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China: the foreign settlement. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China: the foreign settlement. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Red River Settlement, Canada: a Christian missionary preaching to native North Americans. Watercolour attributed to an unidentified person called 'The Empire Traveller', ca. 1860.
  • Leper settlement, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar: patients in white robes outside cottages set amongst trees. Photograph, 1890/1910.
  • Dutch settlement at Chinsura on the Hugli river, West Bengal. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • Amatikulu, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa: a settlement for people with leprosy. Watercolour by E. Schwarz, 1920/1950 (?).
  • Pilgrim's Rest, South Africa: a settlement near the Lydenberg Gold Fields. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • Malaria: spraying a workers' settlement with DDT and benzine hexachloride (lindane) to kill the mosquitoes. Colour lithograph after A.D. Polumordvinov and others, 1953.
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