Stories
- Article
When the sun goes down
Despite the country’s colonial and industrial dominion, the finest minds of Victorian Britain began to fear the devastating effects of declining natural resources. Even the death of the sun.
- Article
Sharing Nature: Parks for people
Paula Broom’s photograph of Sydney’s Centennial Park shows the complexity and joy we find in urban greenery.
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
Catalogue
- Books
The modern inorganic chemicals industry : the proceedings of a symposium organised by the Inorganic Chemicals Group of the Industrial Division of the Chemical Society, London, March 31st - April 1st, 1977 / edited by R. Thompson.
Date: [1977], ©1977- Ephemera
Alcohol industry ephemera. Box 2.
- Books
Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry (1925) : with minutes of evidence and appendices.
Date: 1926- Archives and manuscripts
Communist Party of Great Britain
Date: October 1972Reference: SA/DRS/B/1/96aPart of: DrugScope- Archives and manuscripts
Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd