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Catherine Waters explores the Victorian reporting at the heart of her Being Human festival event ‘Rediscovering the art of Victorian graphic journalism’.

Claire Warden tells us about a live wrestling event which lifts the curtain on the history and current popularity of British professional wrestling by exploring its performance conventions. 

In this post Dr Sam George discusses the ‘Books of Blood’ project which aims to change our perceptions, and fear, of blood.

In this post Sarah Jackson talks about her three Being Human events looking at the impact telephones have had our human interactions.

In this post, Nadia and Vivi outline the heritage of the Whitechapel march they will be recreating during the Being Human festival.

For this Halloween blog post special, the Open Graves, Open Minds Project explores whether everything you’ve heard about the big bad wolf is true.

Dr Charlotte Crofts takes us to Cary Grant’s Bristol in the lead up to her event ‘Looking for Archie’ which maps the Hollywood star’s life onto his hometown.

In this post, Penny Hutchins from the National Army Museum explains the exciting events they have prepared for this year’s Being Human festival.

Read about the great legacy of this Being Human 2014 event, which looked at fragments of ancient Greek plays.