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
A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
- Article
The hidden history of homesickness
Gail Tolley delves into the history of homesickness and discovers that its rich past holds a clue to how we view the experience today.
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A virtual view of history
Step inside Anne Frank’s house or explore the galleries in a museum destroyed by fire. VR brings history and art satisfyingly close when we’re unable to get there in person.
Catalogue
- Journals
The Right to die : the newsletter of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society.
- Books
The right to die debate : a documentary history / edited by Marjorie B. Zucker.
Date: 1999- Videos
Die Tsetse Sage.
Date: 1996- Archives and manuscripts
Voluntary Euthanasia Society Newsletters, 1990 – 1993 and information sheets; Declaration sheet for Right to Die; Newspaper articles from The Times, The Independent, The Telegraph and The Guardian concerning euthanasia; BMA paper on Advanced Directives; information on Huntington's Chorea, dementia and persistent vegetative state (PVS); Hastings Center report on PVS
Date: 1990-1993Reference: PP/CMF/E/1Part of: Fletcher, Charles Montague (1911-1995), epidemiologist- Books
- Online
The historians guide. Wherein every remarkable occurrence in our history, such as Battles, Sieges, Conspiracies, Rebellions, Invasions, Tryals, Executions, Fires, Earthquakes, Storms, Revolutions, Births, Marriages, Deaths, And every other Memorable Event that has happened in England and Ireland to the present Time, are accurately recorded, with the dates affixed; together with a full and exact Chronology of the most eminent Men in all Ages. Designed for the Pocket, in Order to set People Right in Conversation. By the Rev. John Trusler, D.D. To which are added the following useful articles,- list of the Chief Governors of Ireland Ditto of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of Dublin down to this Year. - Ditto of the Peers of Ireland, with the Stiles of their eldest Sons. - An exact Table of the Fares of Coaches, Post-Chaises, and Sedan Chairs, according to the late Act of Parliament. - Table of Guineas ready cast up. - Tables of Interest. - Tables of Annuities for Lives from Sir Isaac Newton. -List of the Fairs of Ireland, with the Commodities sold therein, and a complete Meat Market Book.
Trusler, John, 1735-1820.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]