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Do statues need protection?

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When wounds replace words

For the many thousands of refugees waiting in Greece, the process to establish the truth of their tragic personal histories is often extremely upsetting. But a group of medics and legal workers is working together to make the system more humane.

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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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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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  • C. Golgi, Statues at Palace of the University of Pavia
  • Statues of an apostle and Christ (?). Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Ten African statues, effegies
  • Fourteen African statues, effegies
  • Three African statues, effegies
  • Sixteen African statues, effegies
  • Twelve African statues, effigies
  • Twelve African statues, effegies
  • Twenty two African statues, effegies
  • Carved stone statues of phallic motifs. Etching.
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