Stories
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Does mass media pave the way to fascism?
In the aftermath of World War II, psychoanalysts found the psychological roots of authoritarianism closer to home than was comfortable.
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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.
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Tracing the roots of our fears and fixations
Kate Summerscale explores the history of our anxieties and compulsions, and the new phobias and manias that are always emerging.
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Remote romance and the common cold
Getting creatively romantic due to a virus sounds all too contemporary, but our archives show what socially distanced seduction looked like seven decades ago.
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World War One: the H.M.S. Barham: the medical station. Photograph, 1914/1918.
Date: 1914-1918Reference: 573909iPart of: World War One: naval medical scenes.- Pictures
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World War One: the H.M.S. Barham: operating theatre with three medics. Photograph, 1914/1918.
Date: 1914-1918Reference: 573915iPart of: World War One: naval medical scenes.- Pictures
World War One: the H.M.S. Barham: medical station showing a cot. Photograph, 1914/1918.
Date: 1914-1918Reference: 573914iPart of: World War One: naval medical scenes.- Pictures
World War One: the H.M.S. Barham: equipment in the medical station. Photograph, 1914/1918.
Date: 1914-1918Reference: 573910iPart of: World War One: naval medical scenes.- Pictures
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A Swiss hospital train, World War I: interior view of a converted goods train, used to transport severely wounded prisoners of war. Photograph, 1914/1918.
Date: 1914-1918Reference: 581923i