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Social isolation and the search for sanctuary

Threatened with deportation, Furaha Asani turned to her church for support. Met with silence and disinterest, she walked away, but argues that churches should do much more for migrants.

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Finding consolation in social isolation

Feeling isolated and anxious during the lockdowns of the last year, Tanya Perdikou found solace in reconnecting to her past and reaching out to neighbours in the present.

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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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Shame and the online free-for-all

Lucia Osborne-Crowley looks at how shame manifests online, where public humiliation is common and second chances all too rare.

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  • Tower Hamlets HIV/AIDS services : an easy guide / Social Services Strategy Group.
  • Tower Hamlets HIV/AIDS services : an easy guide / Social Services Strategy Group.
  • Tower Hamlets HIV/AIDS services / Dorothy Mukasa, HIV/AIDS Development Officer, Tower Hamlets Social Services Strategy Group.
  • A group of youths dancing in a line against a backdrop of graffiti illustrations relating to youth culture including a condom balloon and a burger; an advertisement for a concert in Bordeaux in aid of Journée Mondiale de Lutte Contre de SIDA by CACIS, Centre Social, Bordeaux . Colour lithograph.
  • People gathered around a candle-lit table; one man, held by another appears terrified, one person holds a glass, and a large figure looms in the background. Aquatint. by K. Hofer, 1899.
  • Illustrated tips to prevent cholera in Senegal. Colour lithograph by Ministère de la Santé et de l'Action Sociale, ca. 2000.
  • The Italian social fabric symbolised by a chain of social types, with all relations of dependence ultimately relating back to the devil. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, 1691.
  • Two HIV positive women look over their shoulders to suggest their social isolation while below the same women look forwards to reflect a more positive attitude; an advertisement for the support services offered for HIV positive women by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Lauterbach and Boek.
  • A man holding a hypodermic syringe over a tub of diluted bleach; diagrams showing the use of bleach to clean hypodermic needles, with telephone details; advertising hygienic practices when using syringes. by , a support group for those with AIDS. Colour lithograph by Photo Co-op, Glover/Hughes and Big-Active Ltd. for Mainliners, 1990/1995.
  • Gay, bisexual, unsure, lesbian : need someone to talk to? / Metro Centre.
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