Stories
- Article
Surviving a flesh-eating disease
Nearly dying from a skin infection gave Scott Neill a chance to start again after an early life marked by grief and depression.
- Article
Air of threat
Novelist Chloe Aridjis vividly describes the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico City, as a combination of topography, crowded neighbourhoods, and reckless political diktats create a downward spiral.
- 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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
1855-John Snow in the Pillory
Ellis, Richard Hancock (1937-1995)Date: 1855-1994Reference: PP/RHE/A/3/5Part of: Richard Ellis (1937-1995)
- Pictures
- Online
A doctor's front door, with a chimney sweep, in the snow. Drawing by John Leighton ("Luke Limner").
Leighton, John, 1822-1912.Reference: 25360i
- Pictures
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A doctor's front door, with a chimney sweep, in the snow. Chromolithograph by John Leighton ("Luke Limner").
Leighton, John, 1822-1912.Reference: 25361i- Archives and manuscripts
Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, alpine plant research correspondence
Date: c.1950s-1996Reference: UGC 198/4Part of: Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Books
- Online
Model byelaws issued by the Local Government Board for the use of sanitary authorities.
Date: 1877-1887