Stories
- Article
How homesickness inspires art
Gail Tolley looks at homesickness through the eyes of three contemporary artists and finds powerful new themes of identity and connection.
- Article
The ‘epileptic’ in art and science
From scarred outsiders in literature to the cold voyeurism of medical films and photography, people who experience seizures and epilepsy are rarely shown in a compassionate light in popular culture.
- Article
The relationship between science and art
Often seen as opposites, science and art both depend on observation and synthesis.
- Article
Bringing Braille back to the modern world
For anyone who thinks Braille is so last century, read on. New tech is helping dust Braille down and bring it to today’s visually impaired people.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Copies of articles reprinted in The Art of the Soluble, with typescript of introduction
Date: mid 20th centuryReference: PP/PBM/D.6Part of: Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987)- Archives and manuscripts
"A Sculptor in the Arctic Regions" by Albert Operti, cut from Shield's Magazine of Art
Date: Late 19th century - early 20th centuryReference: MS.7485/25Part of: Polar Exploration: Townsend Thorndike Collection- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
LW family analyses
Date: mid 20th century - late 20th centuryReference: SA/BGU/F.1/43/4Part of: Medical Research Council Blood Group Unit (1935-1995)- Archives and manuscripts
LW material
Date: mid 20th century - late 20th centuryReference: SA/BGU/F.1/43Part of: Medical Research Council Blood Group Unit (1935-1995)- Archives and manuscripts
Pedigrees
Date: mid-20th century - late 20th centuryReference: SA/BGU/HPart of: Medical Research Council Blood Group Unit (1935-1995)