Stories
- Article
Dress and the magic of touch
Fashion, of course, is largely about appearance, but the feeling of clothes on your skin is a complex sensory experience. Shahidha Bari contemplates the human connections in the business of creating and wearing clothes.
- Article
A medieval guide to practical magic
With few sources of effective help available when treating an injured patient, the medieval physician could instead stage a healing ceremony using a practical how-to guide he carried with him.
- In pictures
Pum Dunbar’s living lessons
Read the ‘legends’ that give insight into Pum Dunbar’s creative process while producing her recent series of collages.
- Article
A woman in her wilderness of things
Even though her home was overwhelmed with stuff, Georgie Evans’s grandma couldn’t stop buying things. In this series, Georgie delves into hoarding, and attempts to make sense of her grandma’s behaviour.
Catalogue
- Books
Gesture in Naples and gesture in classical antiquity : a translation of Andrea de Jorio's La mimica degli antichi investigata nel gestire Napoletano / Andrea de Jorio ; and with an introduction and notes by Adam Kendon.
Jorio, Andrea de, 1769-1851.Date: 2000- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Notes on "Betrayal of Feelings by Gesture and Expression"
Date: Late-19th CenturyReference: GALTON/2/12/47Part of: Galton Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Love between Women and A Psychology of Gesture
Date: 1969-1973Reference: PSY/WOL/6/7Part of: Wolff, Charlotte (1897-1986)- Archives and manuscripts
Peter Lomas's review of Winnicott's The Spontaneous Gesture [Times Literary Supplement]
Date: 24 Jul 1987Reference: PP/RYC/F.5/18Part of: Rycroft, Dr Charles (1914-1998)- Books
Gestures of healing : anxiety & the modern novel / John J. Clayton.
Clayton, John Jacob.Date: [1991], ©1991