Stories
- Article
Uncovering experiences of dementia
Focusing on three 19th-century women’s case notes, Millie van der Byl Williams explores how our definition of dementia has changed.
- Article
Dial ‘S’ for sex
In pre-internet days, phone boxes became a patchwork of ‘tart cards’ offering sexual services. Find out about the clandestine world they hint at.
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
- 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.
Catalogue
- Pictures
A painting of African men being seduced by a female prostitute and being infected with AIDS; advertising an exhibition "Sexuality and death. AIDS in contemporary African art". Colour lithograph, 2003.
Date: 2003Reference: 679209i- Books
The Pattaya sex bubble. 4, 'In your eyes I can see you are good or bad' / by Jan Hoek.
Hoek, Jan, 1984-Date: [2015]- Books
The Pattaya sex bubble. 2, Paying Nancy to go with me to a theme park / by Jan Hoek.
Hoek, Jan, 1984-Date: [2015]- Books
The Pattaya sex bubble. 10, A possible new job / by Jan Hoek ; costumes by Katie Jade Hawker, Punpun Thidamano, Dicow Ronyup.
Hoek, Jan, 1984-Date: [2015]- Books
The Pattaya sex bubble. 6, No sex / by Jan Hoek.
Hoek, Jan, 1984-Date: [2015]