Stories
- Article
Finding solidarity in arachnophobia
Arachnophobia is very different from just disliking spiders. Izzie Price shares the reality of having the phobia, and explores its likely origins.
- Book extract
A dispatch from the frontiers of man and machine
Harry Parker’s life changed overnight when he stepped on a bomb and lost his legs. He argues that being an amputee doesn’t make him an outlier; we are all hybrid.
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Book design, dissected
Gwen Smith talks to art director Peter Dyer about imagery, colour, type and staying true to the pages within.
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How shame makes us sick
The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.
Catalogue
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Machines: a crane, plan and several elevations. Engraving by A. Wilson after A. Slight.
Slight, A.Reference: 45457i- Pictures
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Machines: a crane used at a harbour. Engraving by A. Wilson after A. Slight.
Slight, G. H.Reference: 45458i- Pictures
Machines: a crane, and two kinds of winch. Engraving by A. Wilson after A. Slight.
Slight, A.Reference: 45456i- Books
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Lynn law: or, A Slight sketch of Isaac Preston & Co. By William Curtis, recorder of virtues for the said Borough.
Curtis, William, of Lynn Regis.Date: 1795- Books
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A Slight review of the transactions of the late long Parliament, With some observations on the rise and progress of the septennial bill.
Date: Printed in the year M,DCC,LXII. [1762]