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Hamlet, the melancholic Prince of Denmark

Hamlet clearly demonstrates an excess of black bile and is arguably the most famous literary melancholic.

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Close encounters of the spiritualist kind

When it comes to practical and emotional advice, Daphne heeds the words of her lost loved ones. Find out how a spiritualist medium helps her stay in touch.

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Native Americans and the dehumanising force of the photograph

In the second part of Native Americans through the 19th-century lens, we delve deeper into the ambivalent messages within the images.

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The tower in fiction, film and life

The high-rise estates born of postwar idealism soon became symbols of crime and squalor. But after one terrible tragedy, public bodies are being forced to rethink our towers.

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  • An Asian woman in a telephone box listening to the telephone, four symbols of sound or soundness (telephone, exclamation mark with telephone number, condom and syringe); representing support for HIV positive drug-users. Colour lithograph by Photo Co-op, Glover/Huges and Big-Active Ltd. for Mainliners, 1990/1995.
  • A black man in a denim jacket holds up a packet of Durex condoms with four symbol images of a male and female, a graphic containing the letters 'CONDOM', a heart shape with the letters: 'B.S.3704', and a telephone with number; an advertisement for Mainliners, a support group for HIV positive people. Colour lithograh.
  • Arithmologia sive de abditis numerorum mysterijs qua origo, antiquitas et fabrica numerorum exponitur; abditae eorundem proprietates demonstrantur; fontes superstitionum in amuletorum fabrica aperiuntur; denique post cabalistarum, Arabum, gnosticorum, aliorumque magicas impietates detectas, vera et licita numerorum mystica significatio ostenditur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • The Royal Exchange, London: view from roof height, with various men at business in the courtyard, emblematic devices in the sky area. Etching by B. Howlett, 1808, after F. Hogenburg, 1570.
  • Malaria eradication : the world united against malaria : 10 paisa postage / Pakistan.
  • Le monde uni contre le paludisme : 5 centimes : postes / Republique d'Haiti.
  • Le monde uni contre le paludisme : 5 centimes : postes / Republique d'Haiti.
  • Malaria eradication : the world united against malaria : 13 paisa postage / Pakistan.
  • The world united against malaria : 35M : Palestine : UAR.
  • The Royal Exchange, London: elevation of the entrance facade, top, and ground plan of the courtyard, below, with indications of types of trade in the courtyard, heraldic emblems of the City of London and the Mercers' Company below, with a scale of feet. Engraving by A. Walker, 1808, after I. Donowell.
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