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‘A young girl convalescing in an armchair is visited by her dog. Etching by H. Formstecher after H. Bacon.’

Now What? Surviving Serious Illness in the Nineteenth-Century

Writing in 1991, sociologist Arthur W. Frank declared that Western scientific medicine had created what he called “the remission society,” a growing number of patients whose lives were saved by medical treatment but who could not be considered cured.
8 Jan 2018
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Oh what a - Victorian Light - Night!

On Friday 16th November Woodstock Road was a hive of activity for "Victorian Light Night", part of both the national Being Human Festival and Oxford’s own Christmas Light Festival.
16 Nov 2018
Photograph of projection from Victorian Light Night

Podcast: Victorian Light Night, an interview with The Projection Studio

How do you turn five years of research into a spectacular light and sound show?
1 Apr 2019

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