Stories
- Article
Death and our digital ghosts
When we die, our data lives on. And as companies are increasingly spotting money-making opportunities from digital legacies, now could be the time to think about – and control – yours.
- In pictures
Death around the world in ten objects
Death is many things to many cultures: violent, holy, frightening, calm, disgusting... or just a gateway to another life.
- Article
Keeping death close
Scattering her father’s ashes, Lauren Entwistle found herself longing for something physical that proved he once was a living, breathing person. Here she reflects on the objects that help us to grieve and remember.
- Article
Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
Catalogue
- Books
Death and disease in nineteenth century Batavia / Susan Abeyasekere.
Abeyasekere, Susan.Date: 1987- Books
Death / editor: Bill Buford.
Date: 1989- Books
Death / Tyler Volk. Sex / Dorion Sagan.
Volk, Tyler.Date: [2009], ©2009- Books
Death : a picture album / Wellcome Collection.
Date: 2012
- Books
- Online
Death / translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos.
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949.Date: 1911
