Stories
- Article
Cataloguing Audrey
Work begins in earnest to restore order to the archive Audrey Amiss kept of the minutest happenings in her life. Like detectives, the archivists search for subtle clues to chronology in the mass of materials.
- Article
Foraging for a taste of the past
Follow tips from a professional forager to recreate delicious 18th-century recipes from plants growing wild in parks and on urban wasteland.
- Article
Dress and the magic of touch
Fashion, of course, is largely about appearance, but the feeling of clothes on your skin is a complex sensory experience. Shahidha Bari contemplates the human connections in the business of creating and wearing clothes.
- In pictures
Following the maker’s path into the lost art of medieval embroidery
Textile maker Jacqui Carey unravels the mysteries of medieval embroidery by recreating the materials and techniques for herself, with the help of clues left by the original makers.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Recreation Room Corridor
Date: Mid 20th centuryReference: RET 1/8/3/6/2Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Recreation Room, general views of interior
Date: Early - mid 20th centuryReference: RET 1/8/3/6/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Books
- Online
Recreation.
Paget, James, Sir, 1814-1899.Date: 1883- Books
Recreation : a medical viewpoint / compiled and edited by Elliott M. Avedon and Frances B. Arje.
Haun, Paul, 1906-Date: 1965- Archives and manuscripts
Recreation Room
Date: Early - mid 20th centuryReference: RET 1/8/3/6Part of: The Retreat Archive