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Dial ‘S’ for sex

In pre-internet days, phone boxes became a patchwork of ‘tart cards’ offering sexual services. Find out about the clandestine world they hint at.

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The poetic language of health

When his doctors could only offer phone consultations, James Morland turned to poetry to make sense of the medical terms describing his symptoms and test results.

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Befriending heavy breathers

Read the fascinating story behind the rare manual that helped volunteers on one of Britain’s first free telephone helplines to deal with masturbating callers.

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Thalidomide survivors in the 21st century

As thalidomide survivors enter their 60s, they look back on their lives and the legacy of the thalidomide catastrophe.

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  • Franol-Plus. 1, Ericsson Magneto Telephone circa 1900.
  • Franol-Plus. 1, Ericsson Magneto Telephone circa 1900.
  • Franol-Plus. 4, Ericsson Magneto Telephone circa 1905.
  • Franol-Plus. 4, Ericsson Magneto Telephone circa 1905.
  • Department of Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford : Telephone No. 4440.
  • Department of Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford : Telephone No. 4440.
  • Ambulance Column depot, 9 Gower Street, London: the Telephone Room, with officials in telephone booths, perhaps answering enquiries. Photograph, September 1918.
  • Numerous telephone cords linking blue and yellow telephone receivers representing an advertisement for the SIDA Info Service. Colour lithograph.
  • Numerous telephone cords linking blue and yellow telephone receivers representing an advertisement for the SIDA Info Service. Colour lithograph.
  • A pink telephone and telephone number with the exclamation "Aha!"; advertising the helpline of AIDS-Hilfe Augsburg. Colour lithograph.
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