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Robinson Crusoe and the morality of solitude

Robinson Crusoe, fiction’s most famous castaway, was certainly isolated, but did he suffer the intrinsically modern affliction of loneliness?

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The hermit life from medieval to modern

Can hermits get lonely? Explore solitary lives through the ages, from early religious ascetics to children imprisoned in churches, and on to those compelled to withdraw from modern life in the 21st century.

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Sharing Nature: Alone

Being alone in nature can be a contradictory experience of fear and freedom.

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Mark O’Connell’s prescription for writing

The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘To Be a Machine’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.

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  • T'en parles à ton médecin? : sexualité, performance, VIH & IST, devenir parent, estime de soi, homophobie, dépression, dépendances, plaisir, santé anale, gynéco, coming-out, rapports forcés, anxiété, solitude, apparence / The Warning, VIH et santé gaie.
  • T'en parles à ton médecin? : sexualité, performance, VIH & IST, devenir parent, estime de soi, homophobie, dépression, dépendances, plaisir, santé anale, gynéco, coming-out, rapports forcés, anxiété, solitude, apparence / The Warning, VIH et santé gaie.
  • Besoin de sexe quand ça ne va pas? : dans ces moments-là, multiplier les rencontres en zappant la capote ne résout rien... : déprime, solitude: le préservatif te protège aussi quand tu es plus vulnérable / SNEG association.
  • Besoin de sexe quand ça ne va pas? : dans ces moments-là, multiplier les rencontres en zappant la capote ne résout rien... : déprime, solitude: le préservatif te protège aussi quand tu es plus vulnérable / SNEG association.
  • A man sits in solitude on the ledge of an open window with his head leaning on his arm with a clock to the right and the word 'SIDA' below; an advertisement about AIDS discrimination by the Comissão Nacional de Luta Contra a SIDA. Colour lithograph by Publicis Ciesa, ca. 1996.
  • In a world full of hate and homophobia I find solitude and love by being with my boyfriend : There is beauty in his finger tips, there is beauty in the lips I kiss. There is magic in his beautiful eyes, that justify the tears I cry / The Naz Project London ; photography by: Parminder Sekhon.
  • An anchoress or nun of an enclosed order locked in her cell; representing the monastic cell as the heaven of the loving soul. Coloured engraving, 16--.
  • A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • Saint Bruno. Line engraving.
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