Stories
- In pictures
The birth of ante-natal classes
Is childbirth an athletic feat? Kathleen Vaughan certainly thought so, developing the first modern exercise class for women in pregnancy.
- Article
The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
- Article
The shock of cardiac arrest when you’re young and fit
Footballer Christian Eriksen’s on-pitch collapse in 2020, witnessed by thousands, was shocking. Fellow cardiac-arrest survivor Meg Fozzard explores the risks in the young and fit, and how we can all help.
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Yoga gets physical
Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.
Catalogue
- Pictures
- Online
Athletes at a gymnasium. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1936.
Date: 1936Reference: 34470i- Books
Athletes and their training in Britain and America, 1800-1914 / Roberta J. Park.
Park, Roberta JDate: 1992- Books
Athletes : the paintings of Joe Wilder, M.D / foreword by Lewis Thomas ; essays by Red Auerbach [and others] ; afterword by Dore Ashton.
Wilder, Joe, 1920-2003.Date: 1985
- Digital Images
- Online
Red Figure Pelike and Cup, Athletes.
- Archives and manuscripts
Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Children in playground, Olympic Athletes, and London Zoo (Jul 1976)
Date: July 1976Reference: PP/AMI/B/96Part of: Audrey Amiss Archive