<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Wellcome Collection stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our words and pictures explore the connections between science, medicine, life and art. Dive into a story no matter where in the world you are.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/stories</link><image><url>https://i.wellcomecollection.org/assets/icons/android-chrome-512x512.png</url><title>Wellcome Collection stories</title><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/stories</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 10:28:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://rss.wellcomecollection.org/stories" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:00:14 GMT</pubDate><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><category><![CDATA[Science]]></category><category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Art]]></category><item><title><![CDATA[There at the end]]></title><description><![CDATA[Through the stories of six hospice and palliative care workers, photographer Anna Gordon reflects on the meaningful moments that shape our final days.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aabNehAAACYAPAdc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aabNehAAACYAPAdc</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Gordon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:00:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A school for deaf children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Formal deaf education in England started at the end of the 18th century with an innovative school in London.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aXoJMhEAACIA1LAM</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aXoJMhEAACIA1LAM</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaipreet Virdi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:38:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Mis)representations of gout]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gout became known as a fashionable disease of the rich and powerful, but did its notoriety diminish the personal experiences of this painful condition?]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aXeqRBEAACEA0Qy9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aXeqRBEAACEA0Qy9</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aisha Mazhar, Lalita Kaplish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:34:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sign language stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Sign Language (BSL) has evolved over centuries, shaped by stories of exclusion, and opportunity. Deaf photographer Stephen Iliffe has photographed eight people from a multi-cultural deaf community, celebrating both the quiet nuance and the expressive power of BSL.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aXkI0REAACAA0zH0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aXkI0REAACAA0zH0</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Iliffe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:00:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blue space blueprint]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s easy to overlook the litter choking our cities’ waterways, but the litter-picker’s manifesto is one to follow if we dream of a better world. Leila Taheri explores the psychology of littering and litter-picking, and imagines a radical future for our urban blue spaces.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aVubUxIAAD3XRwWn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aVubUxIAAD3XRwWn</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Taheri, Lotte Cassidy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:49:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acts of love and resistance in Sudan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing up in Sudan, Jumana Eltgani knew the highs of water flowing and the lows of dry days. Her family’s clay zeer kept water cool and easy to share. Now, amid war, that spirit of generosity is keeping her neighbourhood alive.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aTKvixMAACIAxNUb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aTKvixMAACIAxNUb</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jumana Eltgani, Yasmin Elnour, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:00:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vilest of all beverages]]></title><description><![CDATA[Drinking water was risky in the Middle Ages. But that didn’t stop people from drinking it – warily, enthusiastically, and sometimes with disgusting consequences. Historian Katherine Harvey explores the sometimes strange beliefs medieval people had about water.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aUAg6BIAACIAHxcf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aUAg6BIAACIAHxcf</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Harvey, Klara Jan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:42:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price of pure water]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like millions of people across West Africa, Tracy Egbele’s family has no access to safe tap water, and buys plastic-packaged water instead. She highlights the serious problems facing this fragile system, and the daily health risks people are forced to take as a result.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aRxI5BAAACYAZEBn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aRxI5BAAACYAZEBn</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tracy Egbele, Alexis Chivir-ter Tsegba, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:00:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Island of thirst]]></title><description><![CDATA[Surrounded by saltwater but starved of the fresh kind, Aegina’s residents rely on tankers and plastic bottles to get by. Mirela Dialeti explores how life on this Greek island balances on a hope that a new underwater pipeline will finally bring change.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aShkhRMAACIAtUKX</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aShkhRMAACIAtUKX</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mirela Dialeti, Steven Pocock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:33:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Signing my skin colour]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Sabrina Tirvengadum tried to sign her skin colour as ‘Brown’ in BSL, her tutor insisted she use ‘Black’ instead. The experience led Sabrina to question why sign language couldn’t reflect her identity.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aRxR9RAAACgAZFCH</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aRxR9RAAACgAZFCH</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sabrina Tirvengadum, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:46:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travelling for your health]]></title><description><![CDATA[A growing number of Victorians travelled to Europe for their health, but their experiences were not always what the doctor promised.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aQJQvBEAACQAoHhl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aQJQvBEAACQAoHhl</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Richard Aspin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:33:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[In search of Black Mary]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the depths of a vanished well rises the story of Black Mary – a 17th-century Black healer. In this extract from the anthology 'Thirst', Gaylene Gould pieces together the fragments of Mary’s life in search of her long-lost well.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aKjAbxEAACQAKgKF</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aKjAbxEAACQAKgKF</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gaylene Gould, Funmi Lijadu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:00:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medieval deaf communication]]></title><description><![CDATA[Communicating with hand signs has a long history. Researcher Jude Seal examines the evidence for signing in Medieval Europe among both deaf and hearing communities.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aQTqXRIAACUAkLc9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aQTqXRIAACUAkLc9</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jude Seal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:15:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patient power]]></title><description><![CDATA[Needle, a small London-based group, led the early fight for patient rights. Leona Letts reveals how they championed giving patients a louder voice in their own care.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aKihTBEAACQAKda1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aKihTBEAACQAKda1</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leona Letts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:00:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surgical toolmaker's craft]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to precision surgical tools, only the hand and eye of a skilled toolmaker will do.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aEMPyhAAAB4A9kC9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aEMPyhAAAB4A9kC9</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel King, Steve Duke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:00:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zines as 'crip doulas']]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out how 'crip doula' zines offer support, advice, resources, and share the complex feelings and experiences around disability.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aF13_hAAACYAvkY2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aF13_hAAACYAvkY2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lilith (Lea) Cooper, Lalita Kaplish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:21:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS night cleaners]]></title><description><![CDATA[NHS night cleaners are often not seen and not heard by the public they serve. Through Lewis Khan’s photographs and interviews, they reveal the vital role they play in keeping our hospitals safe.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aHYRRxMAAMea3AiE</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aHYRRxMAAMea3AiE</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lewis Khan, Jonathan Tomlinson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:00:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waking up in a new body]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grace Spence Green was a fourth-year medical student when a man jumped off a balcony in a shopping centre and landed on her. She recalls her first moments in the hospital as a newly disabled patient.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aHT14BMAAM222mTR</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aHT14BMAAM222mTR</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grace Spence Green, Benjamin Gilbert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:00:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waking the dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[Historian Molly Conisbee reflects on how we’ve paid our respects to the dead over the centuries – from lively gatherings around open coffins to sympathetic text messages – asking how mourning rituals can create communities.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z-FyfxEAACIAwNl_</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z-FyfxEAACIAwNl_</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Molly Conisbee, Sarah Jarrett]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 12:26:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the slave trade’s medical legacies persist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Micha Frazer-Carroll, uncovers the historical links between enslavement and disability to better understand her family’s complex attitudes towards healthcare.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aAi4nhEAACMAfdxX</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/aAi4nhEAACMAfdxX</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Micha Frazer-Carroll, Joelle Avelino, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:55:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letting go of IVF]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fertility treatment is physically and emotionally arduous, with no guarantees. Jessa Fairbrother describes her decision not to have IVF and the complexity of living with that choice.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z9gzQhEAAB4A-OnY</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z9gzQhEAAB4A-OnY</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessa Fairbrother]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pregnancy, parenting, and embracing blindness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amy Kavanagh, who is blind, shares the delight she feels in her young, sighted son, and her growing acceptance of the ways his experiences will differ from hers.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z454QxEAACYA4kHj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z454QxEAACYA4kHj</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Kavanagh, Shona Louise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:01:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disability, desire, and pleasure unlocked]]></title><description><![CDATA[Roxy Murray dives into the raw, intimate truths of sex and pleasure as a disabled person, sharing an unapologetic and explicit journey through her frustrations and desires.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z4p9SxEAACcA3JUB</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z4p9SxEAACcA3JUB</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxy Murray, Darren Black]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:00:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exploring Deaf space at London College of Fashion]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this British Sign Language (BSL) film, activist and architectural designer Christopher Laing outlines the five principles of Deaf space and shares his thoughts on identity and inclusive design.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z5z5BRcAAC4AnwqT</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z5z5BRcAAC4AnwqT</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Laing, Samuel Dore]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:00:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion, identity, and the need for community]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sinéad Burke’s love of fashion has driven her to campaign for change and, ultimately, establish a consultancy that aims to transform the way the industry includes and represents Disabled people.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z4577xEAACkA4kfe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z4577xEAACkA4kfe</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinéad Burke, Eilish McCormick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:00:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ballet, beauty, and the joy of wheelchair dance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since childhood, Kate Stanforth has danced whenever and wherever she could. The only difference now is her wheelchair.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z5O1LhEAACYA6eyK</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z5O1LhEAACYA6eyK</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Stanforth, MK Moves]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:30:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are zines doing in a museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the face of it, zines and museums are not a good fit, but Lea Cooper argues, they have a lot to offer each other.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z8XZ-REAACEAHpB_</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z8XZ-REAACEAHpB_</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lilith (Lea) Cooper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:53:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Left behind by workplace wellbeing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Having experienced bouts of serious mental illness, Caroline Butterwick discovers that the new world of workplace wellbeing schemes fails to mitigate discrimination against people like her.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z3vFdxEAAEjdU03Q</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z3vFdxEAAEjdU03Q</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline Butterwick, Steven Pocock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:00:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cola’s complicated roots]]></title><description><![CDATA[How one of the most famous soda drinks in the world got its name from a traditional West African delicacy.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z4pdSREAACgA3GDa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z4pdSREAACgA3GDa</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lalita Kaplish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:05:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing without kola]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yaw Afrim Gyebi travels through Ghana to meet the people who grow and use kola nut for its many practical and symbolic purposes.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z45echEAACgA4hkz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z45echEAACgA4hkz</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yaw Afrim Gyebi, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:16:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kola nuts, close up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yaw Afrim Gyebi explores the physical characteristics of the kola nut and its medicinal properties, which evolve throughout its life cycle.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z4fM1RAAACQA8hnM</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z4fM1RAAACQA8hnM</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yaw Afrim Gyebi, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:57:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding the clitoris among the flowers]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this abridged extract from Helen King’s book ‘Immaculate Forms’, she unfurls the floral imagery historical writers used to refer to the clitoris.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z2WRVxEAACcAM79i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z2WRVxEAACcAM79i</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helen King, Alexandra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:00:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[No more dumplings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jaydee Seaforth charts her journey from eating her favourite, flavourful Caribbean foods to the restrictive blandness of an IBS-friendly diet.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z1mvSBAAAB4AVhn4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Z1mvSBAAAB4AVhn4</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaydee Seaforth, Rahul Radja, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:00:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The personal cost of mental illness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Laura Grace Simpkins is tired of hearing how much her mental ill health costs the country. What about how much it costs her?]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zz2g4BAAAB8AAs0L</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zz2g4BAAAB8AAs0L</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Grace Simpkins, Tanya Cooper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:00:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living with ME]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nine people with ME reveal their unremitting struggles as they negotiate life with their illness, including their battles to be believed, diagnosed and supported.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZxpguRIAACIAWmxe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZxpguRIAACIAWmxe</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeremy Jeffs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stuck tampon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dorothée King was on holiday when she experienced the awkward, uncomfortable and panicky situation all tampon users dread.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZdSMbREAACQA3j30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZdSMbREAACQA3j30</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothée King, Tracy Satchwill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:00:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Yes I am’ – voices of autistic women from minoritised communities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rosie Barnes showcases the powerful voices of autistic women from minoritised communities as they talk about the specific and complex challenges they face.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zu2KyRAAACAAWJ1g</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zu2KyRAAACAAWJ1g</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosie Barnes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:01:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A creative collaboration with compulsion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Discover how artist Liz Atkin has channelled the compulsion to pick her skin into an imaginative outlet for her feelings.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zu1PlxAAACIAWDzX</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zu1PlxAAACIAWDzX</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Atkin, Steven Pocock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:18:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My backstory]]></title><description><![CDATA[A more vulnerable exposé on my dermatillomania.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof3WxEAACkA290M</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof3WxEAACkA290M</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mads Horwath]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:00:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mom's solution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mother may well know best in this case.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof3UREAACkA29z4</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rod with a prod]]></title><description><![CDATA[You’ve got a friend in Rod.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof3MREAACoA29y5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof3MREAACoA29y5</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mads Horwath]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 09:00:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The upsides of dermatillomania]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everything needs a silver lining.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof3JxEAACoA29yj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof3JxEAACoA29yj</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mads Horwath]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:00:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Save the world]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s harder than you’d think.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof3GxEAACgA29yO</link><guid 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For the first time, it’s allowed her to see a future for herself as valid member of a diverse community.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZkyKORAAAB8AusR3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZkyKORAAAB8AusR3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Ravenscroft, Benjamin Gilbert, Lalita Kaplish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:00:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of art]]></title><description><![CDATA[For Carrie Ravenscroft, both the techniques and content of her art are expressions of the workings of her neurodivergent mind.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZkyJqxAAACEAusOk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZkyJqxAAACEAusOk</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Ravenscroft, Benjamin Gilbert, Lalita Kaplish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:00:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gender gap]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this artwork, Carrie Ravenscroft considers how her personal struggles with having ADHD relate to the wider challenges of being neurodivergent and female.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZkyIQxAAAB8AusGV</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZkyIQxAAAB8AusGV</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Ravenscroft, Benjamin Gilbert, Lalita Kaplish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 09:00:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loss and grieving]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this artwork Carrie Ravenscroft delves into the complex feelings of grief and loss that were triggered by the death of her aunt during the Covid pandemic.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZkyM2hAAAB4Aushz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZkyM2hAAAB4Aushz</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Ravenscroft, Benjamin Gilbert, Lalita Kaplish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 09:00:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos within boundaries]]></title><description><![CDATA[How making a series of paintings helped Carrie Ravenscroft process and map her journey towards a neurodivergent identity.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZkyErxAAAB4AurxA</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZkyErxAAAB4AurxA</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Ravenscroft, Benjamin Gilbert, Lalita Kaplish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 09:01:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[No solution]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all need to relieve stress.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof3DxEAACgA29x7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof3DxEAACgA29x7</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mads Horwath]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:00:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autism and the ache of loneliness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Explore the thoughts of an autistic loneliness researcher in this quietly expressive extract from Daniel Tammet’s book ‘Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum’.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zo43UBAAACEAe9ep</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zo43UBAAACEAe9ep</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Tammet, HifuMiyo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:00:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guillotine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the solution isn’t worth the trouble.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof2_hEAACkA29xb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof2_hEAACkA29xb</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mads Horwath]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 09:00:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you tell I’m stressed?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When your friends need to read the signs.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof21BEAACoA29wb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zof21BEAACoA29wb</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mads Horwath]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:00:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wishing-tree of Loch Maree]]></title><description><![CDATA[So many pilgrims have visited a tiny loch island in Scotland that the site of their devotions, a fragile and crumbling tree, has collapsed under the ministrations of thousands of hands leaving thanks for its rumoured health-bestowing powers.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZpoyNhAAAFyEjk4-</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZpoyNhAAAFyEjk4-</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ceri Houlbrook, Cat O’Neil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:00:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’m not ashamed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don’t let picking your scars stop you from enjoying nature’s bounty.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZlgqaREAAB4Ar-dk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZlgqaREAAB4Ar-dk</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mads Horwath]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:00:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, grief and assisted dying]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this deeply affecting story, Michelle Elliot explores the events and emotions around the time of her mother’s medically assisted death in Canada, where the practice is legal.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zlcu4REAACIArnOu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zlcu4REAACIArnOu</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Elliot, Eszter Bonyi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 13:36:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alopecia in men]]></title><description><![CDATA[Men break their silence about total hair loss in these intimate portraits and interviews by Orlando Gili.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZkNRzRIAACAA4-HN</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZkNRzRIAACAA4-HN</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Orlando Gili]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2024 09:00:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your gut’s instincts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cultural historian Elsa Richardson explores the stomach’s influence over our emotions, and why trusting your gut is often good advice.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZiY2zREAACEAqTaF</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZiY2zREAACEAqTaF</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elsa Richardson, Steven Pocock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unmasking neurodivergent parenthood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Observing her eldest child’s neurodivergent traits and supporting his education set Erin Beeston wondering about her own ‘odd’ behaviour in childhood, and whether adult diagnosis could be empowering.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZcI1CBAAAPpnKxMq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZcI1CBAAAPpnKxMq</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin Beeston, Steve Cross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abandoning daydreams of a life without diabetes]]></title><description><![CDATA[After years of longing for a cure for her type 1 diabetes, Daisy Watson Shaw, partly due to medical advances in managing the condition, has reached a state of acceptance. Her wishes now are for greater understanding.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZfAhlhAAACYA2QVb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZfAhlhAAACYA2QVb</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daisy Watson Shaw, Tony Pickering, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:01:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZZaByxAAAJQ63n4l</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZZaByxAAAJQ63n4l</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence Wildblood, Kathleen Arundell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A history of art in hospitals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Art historian Anne Wallentine examines art in hospital settings – from its Christian devotional origins to its healing role in modern healthcare buildings.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZcDDSBAAACAAKL-_</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZcDDSBAAACAAKL-_</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne Wallentine, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equality in genetics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Genetic counsellor Sasha Henriques harnessed her energy and resolve to tackle the racial biases she saw in her profession – with positive and promising results.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Za6dPxIAACUA3BCT</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Za6dPxIAACUA3BCT</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sasha Henriques, Tinuke Fagborun, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why gene editing can never eliminate disability]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a world where DNA testing and gene editing offer ways to eliminate certain disabilities, Jaipreet Virdi explores a more accepting and inclusive approach.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVNw6hIAACkAaxis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVNw6hIAACkAaxis</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaipreet Virdi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebrating our soft toys]]></title><description><![CDATA[After cuddling a teddy bear cured her insomnia, Elspeth Wilson was inspired to speak to four other autistic and disabled adults, who praise the roles soft toys play in their lives.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZaBGixIAACMAxu0M</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZaBGixIAACMAxu0M</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elspeth Wilson, the participants, Benjamin Gilbert, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Healthy scepticism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWcdJxEAACgAVS_7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWcdJxEAACgAVS_7</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caitjan Gainty, Agnes Arnold-Forster, Paul Addae, Franklyn Rodgers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The anatomy of a brain dissection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZYBDEBAAACIAfKaS</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZYBDEBAAACIAfKaS</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Moheb Costandi, Benjamin Gilbert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 11:08:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A personal history of albinism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Caroline Butterwick has often felt singled out because of her albinism. Here she explores how the genetic condition has affected her life, and how self-acceptance has followed understanding.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZXBHrRIAACUAxHCo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZXBHrRIAACUAxHCo</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline Butterwick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A winning proposal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most succinct, honest beauty ad ever made.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWTLdxUAACYAVkut</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWTLdxUAACYAVkut</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clarice Tudor, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I cured my fear of vomiting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Emetophobia ruled every waking moment of Alex’s life. Until he came to realise he couldn’t live that way any more.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWdm_REAACYAVoJ2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWdm_REAACYAVoJ2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Bruce, Steven Pocock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with absinthe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Famed for inducing “green fairy” hallucinations, absinthe has been simultaneously lauded for its medicinal properties and condemned as the source of debasement and debauchery.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVX6IhIAACkAdlO8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVX6IhIAACkAdlO8</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Jesudason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generic anti-ageing ad]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apprentice mode activated.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWTLehUAACYAVku9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWTLehUAACYAVku9</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clarice Tudor, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:00:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ADHD titration diary]]></title><description><![CDATA[After her ADHD diagnosis, Verity Babbs wondered how well medication would work. Her diary details the controlled process of trying different doses, and how her body reacted.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZK1bABAAALh7lVsu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZK1bABAAALh7lVsu</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Verity Babbs, Emma Goulding]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artists, activism and AIDS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Posters by artists who turned their art into activism to support their communities and raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWdvYBEAACgAVqnf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWdvYBEAACgAVqnf</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lalita Kaplish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:00:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Targeted adverts]]></title><description><![CDATA[‘Black Mirror’ writers WISH they came up with this concept.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWTLeBUAACgAVku2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWTLeBUAACgAVku2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clarice Tudor, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The girl with no name]]></title><description><![CDATA[When a now anonymous teenager sold her tooth for transplant, she couldn’t have predicted that she’d end up at the heart of a troubling story about 18th-century beauty ideals.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVOKoxIAACYAa4ce</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVOKoxIAACYAa4ce</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Craddock, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cinematic universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Streaming services have been real quiet since this comic went live.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZV-WshUAACUAPzVA</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZV-WshUAACUAPzVA</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clarice Tudor, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctor in the house]]></title><description><![CDATA[A house is not always a home – sometimes it’s impermanent, impersonal. But other aspects of the itinerant life can be the source of a sense of home.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVSdMxIAACgAcFGF</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVSdMxIAACgAcFGF</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ishani Kar-Purkayastha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:08:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the nose doesn’t know]]></title><description><![CDATA[Losing her sense of smell for over a year motivated Stephanie Howard-Smith to sniff out the history of treatments for this unsettling condition.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVNAahIAACcAajoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVNAahIAACcAajoo</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Howard-Smith, Steven Pocock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Body trend]]></title><description><![CDATA[New insecurity just dropped!]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVUQ4hIAACgAcmCZ</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVUQ4hIAACgAcmCZ</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clarice Tudor, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:00:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house of Joan]]></title><description><![CDATA[The longueurs of hospital stays and enforced inactivity were the spur to Joan’s precise tailoring skills and flamboyant creations, all to the benefit of her fashion-loving sisters.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVI6kRIAACcAZacJ</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZVI6kRIAACcAZacJ</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Genn, Sally Anne Wickenden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The perfect face]]></title><description><![CDATA[Get the docile look!]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZU0I9hIAACkATqWg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZU0I9hIAACkATqWg</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clarice Tudor, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The formula]]></title><description><![CDATA[Corporeal form + shame = profit.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZS56EBIAACkANCMU</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZS56EBIAACkANCMU</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clarice Tudor, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jim, the horse of death]]></title><description><![CDATA[Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZUDP4RAAACkArxlt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZUDP4RAAACkArxlt</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Baker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:41:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crisis meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m sorry, but wtf are “hip dips”?]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZS53KBIAACkANBX3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZS53KBIAACkANBX3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clarice Tudor, Vanesha Kirita Singh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neuroqueering comics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researcher and zine-maker Lea Cooper considers how comic-zines use the distinctive qualities of zines to explore some of the complex connections between memory, autobiography, disability, neurodivergence and queer identity.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZSleuhAAACEAoIj7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZSleuhAAACEAoIj7</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lilith (Lea) Cooper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:05:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta]]></title><description><![CDATA[A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZPW7CREAACQAq4YT</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZPW7CREAACQAq4YT</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joanna Wolfarth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘My Hair Is Not…’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eight Black people talk about their relationship with their hair – their hairstyle history, their experiences, and how they decided to have natural hair.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZGOV1BQAAHnPNGwo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZGOV1BQAAHnPNGwo</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Inés Yearwood-Sanchez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hyperfocus and hobbies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alex Chan talks about the power of ADHD-associated hyperfocus and how they’ve become wary of feeding it too often.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZRrH3RIAACIAALP5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZRrH3RIAACIAALP5</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Chan, Steven Pocock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nasty history of the vaginal speculum]]></title><description><![CDATA[The vaginal speculum carries the weight of generations of preconceptions about morality, blame and attitudes to pain. Lalita Kaplish explores the history of the implement and how societies shaped its use.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZRGkCBcAACYAq7rT</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZRGkCBcAACYAq7rT</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lalita Kaplish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:59:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Menopause can be tough when nobody talks about it and all the stereotypes are negative,  but it can also be transformative, marking the start of a new stage of life - cronehood.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZQVI-hEAAPhC5cFC</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZQVI-hEAAPhC5cFC</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helen Foster, [object Object], Asma Istwani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:46:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you still nursing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julia Martins might get the side-eye for breastfeeding a three-year-old in the UK but, as she explains, examples from history, as well as the cultural norms of Brazil, where she grew up, are firmly on the side of extended nursing.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZPWZSREAAGqLqu1v</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZPWZSREAAGqLqu1v</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Martins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:01:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A shared experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[Having a simple conversation with another person brings such pleasure.]]></description><link>https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZLAK2BAAACEAoQqA</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZLAK2BAAACEAoQqA</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Field]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 09:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witches]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. 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