Stories
- Comic
Modern hunter-gatherer
Finding food has never been so easy
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
- Article
Duelling doctors
An enduring enthusiasm for 18th-century gentlemen to defend their ‘honour’ by duelling placed doctors in a delicate position. Specially when they faced being shot themselves.
- Article
Black pepper to fuel fiery fights and cure haemorrhoids
This common condiment was once very valuable and, until surprisingly recently, used as a versatile medicine.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Hunters' Improvement Society to Francis Galton
Date: 24 Feb 1899Reference: GALTON/2/5/10/1/11Part of: Galton Papers- Pictures
Hunters resting with their kill. Etching by H.S., 1828.
S., H., active approximately 1824-1828.Date: [1828]Reference: 2476889i- Books
Hunters and collectors : the antiquarian imagination in Australia / Tom Griffiths.
Griffiths, Tom, 1957-Date: 1996- Pictures
Hunters with hounds overcoming a wild boar. Etching by P. Soutman after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [between 1615 and 1657]Reference: 3055865i- Pictures
Hunters trying to trap birds using an owl as a lure. Etching by C.J. Visscher after A. Tempesta.
Tempesta, Antonio, 1555-1630.Date: [1600?]Reference: 2917462i