Stories
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
- Article
Book design, dissected
Gwen Smith talks to art director Peter Dyer about imagery, colour, type and staying true to the pages within.
- Book extract
A history of sex for sale
Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.
- Book extract
Inside the Cold War mind
Martin Sixsmith explores the competing national psyches of Russia and America, and a world divided between their irreconcilable visions of human nature.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Thomas, Hilary, M. - Whitchurch Hospital 1908-1983, A brief history to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Hospital
Date: 1983Reference: DGH1/10/1/34Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Books
A history of feelings / Rob Boddice.
Boddice, RobDate: 2019- Books
This is your mind on plants : opium - caffeine - mescaline / Michael Pollan.
Pollan, MichaelDate: 2022- Books
The binding of books : an essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings / by Herbert P. Horne.
Horne, Herbert P. (Herbert Percy), 1864-1916.Date: 1894- Books
Early illustrated books : a history of the decoration and illustration of books in the 15th and 16th centuries / by Alfred W. Pollard.
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944.Date: 1893