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The unimprovable white cane

Recent technological additions to the white cane aim to make the world easier for visually impaired people to navigate. Alex Lee explores whether new is really better.

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The significance of safe spaces as refuges from racism

Beer writer David Jesudason discusses the impact racism has had on his mental health, and the consolation offered by pubs that feel truly safe.

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Written on my body

Scars mean David Jesudason has never enjoyed seeing his reflection. Recounting the stories behind the marks on his face and body, he finds the only one that symbolises hope and happiness.

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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles

Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.

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  • David Blair White. Mezzotint.
  • David Ramsay. Stipple engraving by T. Gimbrede after J. B. White.
  • A bearded man in earrings and a nun's uniform holding an apple while tweaking the nipple of a naked man; a snake entwines the two figures; an advertisement for the London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard. Lithograph.
  • Alpha Laboratories Ltd. : 40 Parham Drive, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO5 4NU.
  • Department of Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford : Telephone No. 4440.
  • Department of Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford : Telephone No. 4440.
  • AIDS and the family: a mother with a child, and a man embraced by his family as he dies of AIDS; advertising an evening in Berlin in 1994 for those affected by HIV and AIDS. Photocopy, 1994.
  • Our daily bread : calendar for 1907 : "The meal" / D.A.C. Artz.
  • Our daily bread : calendar for 1907 : "The meal" / D.A.C. Artz.
  • Henare Taratoa: a chief of the Ngai Te Rangi tribe, in the heroic act of getting water for the British wounded at the battle of Gate Pa, a Maori victory in the Waikato War, 28 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.
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