Stories
- Photo story
Beautiful bedding and how to die well
When you are unwell, your bed can be both a refuge and a prison. Discover how artist Poppy Nash created a bed-centred artwork inspired by her own chronic illness and depictions of ill health from history.
- Article
Are you still nursing?
Julia Martins might get the side-eye for breastfeeding a three-year-old in the UK but, as she explains, examples from history, as well as the cultural norms of Brazil, where she grew up, are firmly on the side of extended nursing.
- Article
What Black women do when the NHS fails them
Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.
- Article
A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Natural Childbirth Association of Western Australia
Date: 1956-1969Reference: PP/GDR/D/262Part of: Dick-Read, Grantly- Archives and manuscripts
Natural Childbirth Correspondence: Mothers - United Kingdom
Date: c.1939-1959Reference: PP/GDR/D/10-72Part of: Dick-Read, Grantly- Archives and manuscripts
Natural Childbirth Correspondence: Mothers
Date: c.1939-1959Reference: PP/GDR/D/10-146Part of: Dick-Read, Grantly- Archives and manuscripts
Natural Childbirth Correspondence: Medical Profession
Date: 1933-1959Reference: PP/GDR/D/147-229Part of: Dick-Read, Grantly- Archives and manuscripts
Natural Childbirth Correspondence: 'Mothers - England - 1956'
Date: 1956Reference: PP/GDR/D/44-51Part of: Dick-Read, Grantly