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A flat-packed forest

The regular ritual of creating seasonally changing mini-forests for her indoor cats brought Abi Palmer a focus for reflection while the cats explored.

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The conditional child

Deanna Fei asks what it means to sustain a life, drawing on her own experience of having a premature baby as well as an 18th-century essay.

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The shape of thought

Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.

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  • Schoolgirls cleaning teeth with neem twigs in India
  • Birch (Betula species): twigs and catkins. Pen and pencil drawings.
  • Oak (Quercus species): leaves and twigs. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
  • Acorns and twigs of oak (Quercus species). Pen, pencil and watercolour drawings.
  • Leaves and twigs of elm (Ulmus) and privet (Ligustrum). Watercolour and pencil drawings.
  • Leaves and twigs of lilac (Syringa), box (Buxus) and alder (Alnus). Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.
  • Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Spanish chestnut (Castanea sativa): leafy and flowering twigs. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Four twigs with catkins, all from named types of poplar or aspen (Populus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Oak (Quercus robur), hazel (Corylus avellana) and hornbeam (Carpinus betulus): fruiting and flowering twigs. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • A Russian bathhouse: men and women bathing in the steam and invigorating each other with bundles of twigs. Colour aquatint by E.M. Korneev, 1811/1813.
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