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The chymist’s trade card

An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.

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The eye of darshan

The Hindu concept of darshan means “divine revelation”, but it’s also about the multilayered ways in which we see the world around us. Adrian Plau explains how one image in a Panjabi manuscript relates to darshan, and why it’s so striking.

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A history of sex for sale

Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.

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When a private pee is a public disgrace

The free pee is getting rarer. And the lack of suitably equipped disabled toilets is condemning people to lives cloistered away in their own homes. Discover how toilet access for all is part of an equal society.

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  • Vishnu and Lakshmi (?) seated on golden thrones, across each other. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • An Indian god and goddess, each with four arms, seated on golden thrones. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the Sutthai Sawan throne hall. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the Sutthai Sawan throne hall. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the Sutthai Sawan throne hall. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the Sutthai Sawan throne hall. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the Sutthai Sawan throne hall. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.
  • Shiva and Parvati sitting on their throne with Nandi the bull. Watercolour drawing.
  • A woman on a throne in a classroom; representing grammar. Etching by C. Schut.
  • Soldiers bring Daniel before a throne to be judged. Engraving after M. de Vos.
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