Stories
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The family food of a kebab van man
Melek Erdal celebrates the physical and mental resilience of her father Yusuf, forged by isolation and dislocation, and reinforced by the distinctive cuisine of his home country, Turkey.
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The joy of playing hide-and-seek with rats
Playing hide-and-seek with lab rats has shown scientists that joy can be a great motivator for learning and social interaction – and not just for rats.
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Spiritual joy
Spiritual joy can be a source of strength. Like the optimistic Pollyanna, there’s a lot to be said for finding reasons to rejoice, even in adversity.
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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
Catalogue
- Books
Food and the city in Europe since 1800 / edited by Peter J. Atkins, Peter Lummel, Derek J. Oddy.
Date: [2007], ©2007- Books
Food futures : ethics, science and culture : EurSafe 2016, Porto, Portugal, 29 September-1 October 2016 / edited by I. Anna S. Olsson, Sofia M. Araújo, M. Fátima Vieira.
European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics. Congress (2016 : Porto, Portugal)Date: 2016- Books
Food cults : how fads, dogma, and doctrine influence diet / edited by Kima Cargill.
Date: [2017]- Archives and manuscripts
Tim Lobstein: Papers of the London Food Commission and the Food Commission
Lobstein, TimDate: 1983-2010Reference: PP/TLO- Books
The sociology of food and eating : essays on the sociological significance of food / edited by Anne Murcott.
Date: 1983