Stories
- Article
Selling sex and sacrificing safety
Sex workers who report crimes against them can face a “what do you expect?” attitude. But one organisation is working to protect vulnerable people in the sex industry.
- Photo story
The last glass-eye maker in Britain
Meet Jost Haas – the UK’s last artificial-eye maker working exclusively with glass.
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
- Article
Butch drag in the builders’ caff
Two men in a café dressed in practical workwear might seem indistinguishable, but closer inspection reveals layers of complex, nuanced identity.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Health and safety at work
Date: c.1940sReference: RAMC/1138/1/9Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection
- Pictures
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A skull in a drinking glass at the steering wheel of a motor vehicle, representing the fatal effects of drunken driving. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 32611i- Archives and manuscripts
Glass plate negatives depicting personnel and scenes from the Dartford site
Date: Sep 1956-Mar 1957Reference: WF/M/I/H/39Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd
- Digital Images
- Online
Scientist examines flask of bacteria culture
Mol. Biophysics, Oxford Univ.
- Digital Images
- Online
Scientist examines bacterial culture flask
Mol. Biophysics, Oxford Univ.