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Witches

Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. Helen Foster suggests that the stigma of the wicked witch still affects older women and how they deal with menopause.

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Living with invisible illness

What happens when the signs of your illness are invisible to the rest of the world? Hannah Turner describes the daily struggles of living with invisible illness.

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Why all of us are evil

Science proves that we’re all capable of evil: your secret fantasy about killing someone you hate is surprisingly normal. But the way to better moral choices is to fight emotional instinct.

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Beyond a green carpet

Plant ecologist Sara Middleton explores the amazing symbiotic relationships between the species that make up grasslands, and considers their future as rain becomes more scarce.

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  • Postcard: mosquito net to be worn as a veil.
  • Postcard: mosquito net to be worn as a veil.
  • A man in drag, wearing a large hat and veil, posing in a garden.
  • A man in drag, wearing a large hat and veil, posing in a garden.
  • A woman wearing a traditional burqua or Muslim veil. Gouache painting by a Persian artist, Qajar period.
  • A woman posing in a photographic studio, wearing a bridal? dress and veil, in front of a plain backdrop.
  • An old woman wearing a black veil, identified as Rembrandt's mother. Etching by or after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631.
  • Two Muslim women wearing white burkas, one with her face covered with a veil. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A witch in the moonlight, opening her hand to a mandrake plant dressed in a white veil. Drawing by or after H. Fuseli.
  • A witch in the moonlight, opening her hand to a mandrake plant dressed in a white veil. Drawing by or after H. Fuseli.
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