Stories
- Article
The current that kills
In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.
- Article
Witches
Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. Helen Foster suggests that the stigma of the wicked witch still affects older women and how they deal with menopause.
- Article
Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
- Article
The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman
How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Manuscript recipe book of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654-1744)
Date: 1662 - mid 18th centuryReference: MS.8903- Archives and manuscripts
Veterinary recipe book, 18th century
Date: c.1856Reference: MS.9190- Pictures
A man holding an anatomy book with an engraving of a woman showing her viscera. Oil painting, 18th century.
Reference: 45826i- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellanea Alchemica IX
Date: Early 18th centuryReference: MS.3559- Ephemera
Hair care ephemera. Box 9.