Stories
- Book extract
“Above resistant pavements, I floated”
In this extract from ‘Living with Buildings and Walking with Ghosts’, walk with Iain Sinclair through the streets of London.
- Article
How injury changed my brain
Meg Fozzard, who experienced a brain injury in her 20s, writes about the huge impact it's had on her life, and talks to others with similar injuries.
- Article
Graveyards as green getaways
Stressed city dwellers have been visiting cemeteries in greater numbers since the start of the pandemic. Discover how, despite the constant reminders of death, graveyards bring visitors a sense of renewal.
- 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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Publications by Parkes
Date: 1950s-1980sReference: PP/ASP/BPart of: Parkes, Sir Alan Sterling (1900-1990)- Books
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Memoir of Sir John Forbes ... / [Edmund Alexander Parkes].
Parkes, Edmund A. (Edmund Alexander), 1819-1876.Date: 1862- Books
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Improvements in and appertaining to exercising machines / [Robert John Parkes].
Parkes, Robert John.Date: 1896- Archives and manuscripts
C. Murray Parkes and Robert S. Weiss 'Recovery from Bereavement'
Date: c. 1982Reference: PP/BOW/J.5/22Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Archives and manuscripts
Colin Murray Parkes
Date: 1959-1979Reference: PP/BOW/J.5Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)