Stories
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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
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What our facial hair says about us
Five bearded and moustachioed men choose five hirsute archive images to help them reflect on the way facial hair is linked with personality and identity.
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Why the world needs collectors
Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.
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Rediscovering a love of the game
Sexism and homophobia in football prompted Lara Goodwin to stop playing the sport at 19. Today, while discrimination in the game is still rife, Lara has found hope – and like-minded players – in an inclusive east London club.
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An inquiry into a frequent cause of insanity in young men. / by Robert P. Ritchie.
Ritchie, Robert Peel, 1835-1902.Date: 1861- Books
A journal of a young man of Massachusetts, late a surgeon on board an American privateer, who was captured at sea by the British, in May, eighteen hundred and thirteen, and was confined first, at Melville Island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England - and last, at Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed with observations, anecdotes and remarks, tending to illustrate the moral and political characters of three nations. To which is added, a correct engraving of Dartmoor Prison, representing the massacre of American prisoners / Written by himself.
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846.Date: 1816- Videos
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Men in the nursing team.
Date: 1973- Books
Mr Loverman / Bernardine Evaristo.
Evaristo, Bernardine, 1959-Date: 2020- Pictures
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Men are performing a variety of gymnastic and physical exercises. Photolithograph.
Date: Nov. 17, 1888Reference: 34545i