Are twins heroes or monsters? Do they have special powers? Key to ancient myths and world religions, twins are also stars of the freak show, theatres and social media. Abundant in the visual arts and challenging to criminologists, they inspire wonder and horror in equal measure. Identical or different, separate or conjoined, natural or conceived in vitro, twins exist in multiple pairs but share a singular history.

Join expert author and identical twin, William Viney, in his exploration of twindom in all its facets – from artistic experiments to the living laboratories of modern science.