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Zines from the inbetween

Zines, because they are messy, unconventional and personal are the ideal vehicle for describing the in-between, liminal parts of life. Lea Cooper is a researcher and zine-maker who has been delving into Wellcome’s zines collection in search of examples of liminality.

  • Comic

Still Human

It’s frustratingly easy to trick yourself into thinking you’re simply going to bounce back with 100 per cent health once your cancer treatment is over.

Part of Life After Cancer
  • Serial
Part3

Audrey and her family

In working on Audrey Amiss’s archive, Elena is getting closer to understanding her. But the way her niece and nephew remember Audrey adds essential detail to the picture.

Part of Finding Audrey Amiss
  • Interview

Refugee health on a pound a day

Two refugees living a hand-to-mouth existence in the UK explain how trauma has affected their health, and how a little kindness is bringing them hope.

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Social isolation and the search for sanctuary

Threatened with deportation, Furaha Asani turned to her church for support. Met with silence and disinterest, she walked away, but argues that churches should do much more for migrants.

Climate in crisis

A wide-ranging selection of articles and audio about the climate emergency and health.

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Laughing at disaster

If joking around can help us cope when the worst happens, could comedy be a useful way to connect on climate change?

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Toxicity

This series brings the human and ecological cost of the climate crisis to centre stage. From tear gas to industrial waste, from concrete to fast fashion – five writers expose toxic hazards in our environment and what might be done about them.

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Bubbles of history

Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.

  • Serial

Apocalypse How?

Over many centuries, the end has periodically seemed nigh. Charlotte Sleigh explores what has led to these predictions, and how history can help us think about our current fears of annihilation.

  • Interview

Meet the climate emergency

Find out what led Yinka Shonibare to create the compelling artwork ‘Refugee Astronaut’.

Part of Behind the Scenes
  • Serial

The Root of the Matter

Join JC Niala on a journey to understand how plants can provide a lens on human health, history and belonging.

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Being successfully treated for one type of cancer doesn’t always stop the brain from finding other cancers to worry about…

Part of Life After Cancer
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Cataloguing Audrey

Work begins in earnest to restore order to the archive Audrey Amiss kept of the minutest happenings in her life. Like detectives, the archivists search for subtle clues to chronology in the mass of materials.

Part of Finding Audrey Amiss
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Direct Response

All people handle conversations around cancer differently. There’s no ‘right’ way to do it, but talking openly can be a big help.

Part of Life After Cancer
  • Serial
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Who was Audrey Amiss?

Elena Carter introduces the vast collection left behind by artist Audrey Amiss, who documented her life in astonishing detail.

Part of Finding Audrey Amiss
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Scanxiety

‘Scanxiety’ is a well-known term in the cancer community for all the feelings associated with follow-up scans. These feelings can last for days or even weeks before *and* after the scan is over.

Part of Life After Cancer
  • Long read

Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction

Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.

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