Stories
- Article
Tracing the toxic story of tear gas
Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.
- Article
Mary Morris-Knibb, a woman of courage and ability
A Jamaican election banner reveals the story of a pioneering women’s rights campaigner who continues to inspire 80 years on.
- 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.
- Long read
The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Birth Control International Information Centre: 1933 Conference on Birth Control in Asia
Date: 1933-1935Reference: PP/EPR/F.1/2Part of: Eileen Palmer: collection of material on birth control, including papers of Edith How-Martyn and Olive Johnson- Archives and manuscripts
Birth Control International Information Centre
Date: 1932-1987Reference: PP/EPR/F.1Part of: Eileen Palmer: collection of material on birth control, including papers of Edith How-Martyn and Olive Johnson- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Birth Control International Information Centre: publications and newsletters
Date: 1930sReference: PP/EPR/F.1/1Part of: Eileen Palmer: collection of material on birth control, including papers of Edith How-Martyn and Olive Johnson- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Birth Control International Information Centre
Date: 1933-1937Reference: SA/EUG/D.14Part of: Eugenics Society- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
International Medical Group for the Investigation of Birth Control
Date: 1927-1933Reference: SA/EUG/D.15Part of: Eugenics Society