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Meet Irene Curie, the Nobel-winning atomic physicist who changed the course of modern cancer treatment

The adage goes “like mother like daughter,” and in the case of Irene Joliot-Curie, truer words were never spoken. She was the daughter of two Nobel Prize laureates, Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, and was herself awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1935 together with her husband, Frederic Joliot.

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From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis

Between 1400 and 1780, an estimated 100,000 people, mostly women, were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe. About half that number were executed – killings motivated by a constellation of beliefs about women, truth, evil and magic.

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Britain’s ‘broken’ water system: a history of death, denial and diarrhoea

In the spring of 2024, residents of the south Devon harbour town of Brixham kept falling ill. Their symptoms – including “awful stomach complaints, bad diarrhoea and severe headaches” – went on for weeks. A retired GP who ventured to the pub after finally recovering from the illness recalled that,…

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World Book Day: the most extraordinary secret reading corners in London

What better way to celebrate World Book Day, than curled up with a book (alone)?

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Victorian Britain had its own anti-vaxxers – and they helped bring down a government

As the 1906 UK general election results rolled in, it became clear that the Conservative party, after 11 years in power, had suffered one of the most disastrous defeats in its history. Of 402 Conservative MPs, 251 lost their seats, including their candidate for prime minister, defeated on a 22.5%…

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‘The course changed my life’: three graduates on how studying at the Royal College of Art launched their careers

From curating The Cult of Beauty exhibition, to designing products for Google, RCA graduates explain how their studies led to their dream jobs

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The Cult of Beauty review – delusional, divine, deadly…

From wife-grinding windmills to pure gold serums, this riveting show traces humanity’s obsession with beauty through time and cultures with a keen sense of the ludicrous and the shocking

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The Cult of Beauty at the Wellcome Collection review: we've been obsessing about this for centuries

The museum's new show encourages us to disapprove of our preoccupation with beauty standards, but it's been part of society for ever

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Hundreds of cultural treasures seized from Ethiopia found in London

Plundered gems located in capital as debate goes on over their return

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Turnips: how Britain fell out of love with the much-maligned vegetable

Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey’s recent suggestion that Britons should turn to turnips following tomato shortages did not go down as she might have hoped.

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Rwanda plan is legal but may still not fly, says Labour’s Emily Thornberry

Labour’s Emily Thornberry has questioned whether Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda relocation policy for migrants will actually go ahead, despite being given the green light by the High Court yesterday.

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Why Wellcome closed its Medicine Man exhibition – and others should follow suit

In November the Wellcome Collection closed their Medicine Man gallery. In a Twitter thread, they acknowledged that “the display still perpetuates a version of medical history that is based on racist, sexist and ableist theories and language.”

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Grace Ndiritu: The Healing Pavilion; Jim Naughten: Objects in Stereo review – what next at the Wellcome?

The Wellcome’s two latest shows uniting art, life and medicine mine the collection’s capacious history and contents with varying success

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Wellcome Collection shuts ‘racist’ Medicine Man exhibition after 15 years

The Wellcome Collection has closed its Medicine Man display after 15 years over concerns exhibits contained "racist, sexist and ableist theories and language".

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Museum closes its 'racist and sexist' Medicine Man display after 15 years

The Medicine Man exhibition opened at the Wellcome Collection 15 years ago but closed today as it perpetuates “racist, sexist and ablest theories and language"

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Wellcome Collection in London shuts ‘racist, sexist and ableist’ medical history gallery

Medicine Man exhibits included painting of a black African kneeling in front of a white missionary

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Other lives: Editor, translator and advocate for ex-users and survivors of psychiatry

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Grace Ndiritu’s invitation to ‘shamanic journeys’ wins Jarman award

The artist’s interest in esoteric spirituality used to provoke art-world ridicule. That is changing, along with the mind of a Foreign Office staffer who attended one of her performances

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In the frame: a close look at the world of spectacles

A new exhibition focuses on sight – from myopic 13th-century monks to the fabulous frames of Iris Apfel and Jarvis Cocker

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Sewage alerts: the long history of using maps to hold water companies to account

Southern Water was handed a record fine of £90 million in July 2021 after pleading guilty to illegally discharging sewage along the rivers and coastline of Kent, Hampshire and Sussex. More than a year later, the headlines have not improved for Britain’s embattled water companies who have recently discharged more…

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Macabre, biased and fascinating: why you should visit the Wellcome Collection

The permanent collection of gruesome medical artefacts, is just one of the attractions at this mesmerising and forward-looking London institution

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‘I’m very conscious of art-washing but we have to bloody well do something’: the show tackling air pollution

From a 1661 pamphlet imploring action on smog to works by Tacita Dean and Dryden Goodwin, In the Air gives artistic form to the stuff we draw into our lungs

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Spring tickets 2022: The best plays and exhibitions to see this season

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