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Happy Joy Smile

Drawn from real-life experiences, this short story depicts a character negotiating the UK’s current mental health system. Discover what happens as they encounter waiting lists, sketchy healthcare and punitive government bureaucracy.

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Would you like to buy a unicorn?

The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.

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The power of unicorns

Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.

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Behind the scenes: Drawing the Bombay plague

Ranjit Kandalgaonkar discusses his commission for 'Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian medicine'.

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  • Inside the brain / Wellcome Trust.
  • The Wellcome Trust motif.
  • The Trustees of the Wellcome Trust. Photograph.
  • The Wellcome Trust First Report 1937-1956.
  • Cheque for the second sale of Wellcome Trust shares.
  • Cheque for the second sale of Wellcome Trust shares.
  • Wellcome Trust press release about sequencing data, page 3/3
  • Wellcome Trust press release about sequencing data, page 1/3
  • Wellcome Trust press release about sequencing data, page 2/3
  • Wellcome Trust, offices at 1, Park Square West, London, NW1.
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