Stories
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Article
The shocking ‘treatment’ to make lesbians straight
Being a lesbian has never been a crime in the UK, but 50 years ago, some psychologists experimented with treatments to try to ‘cure’ women of their orientation. Find out what this involved.
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
Catalogue
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A friend to old England, by Edward Eyre, Esq.
Eyre, Edward, Esq.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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Observations on the establishment of the Bank of England, and on the paper circulation of the country. By Sir Francis Baring, Bart.
Baring, Francis, Sir, 1740-1810.Date: 1797- Books
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Observations on the establishment of the Bank of England, and on the paper circulation of the country. By Sir Francis Baring, Bart.
Baring, Francis, Sir, 1740-1810.Date: 1797- Books
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A tour through the south of England, Wales, and part of Ireland, made during the summer of 1791.
Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769-1822.Date: M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]- Books
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A tour through the south of England, Wales, and part of Ireland, made during the summer of 1791.
Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769-1822.Date: M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]