Stories
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The first seizure
Historian Aparna Nair had her first seizure when she was 11. Here she recalls that first time, and how other people’s reactions are sometimes the most disturbing part about having a seizure.
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The pain that punished feminists
In a society that viewed getting the vote, and pursuing an education and career, as unnatural goals for women, the pain of endometriosis was viewed as nature’s retribution.
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姜、蒜、葱 Ginger, garlic and spring onions
Nina Mingya Powles felt adrift in the UK, living thousands of miles from home. But nurturing familiar tastes and smells in her tiny balcony garden helped her roots begin to grow.
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Between two summers
As Michael Malay tends his allotment, absorbing all the sensations of his surroundings, he finds the repetition of work calms the mind.
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Four plants, all with different forms of tendrils or thorns. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
Date: [c. 1850]Reference: 28481i- Pictures
Red, yellow, turquoise and purple tendrils. Watercolour by Francesca, 1973.
Francesca, active approximately 1974.Date: 26.10.73 [26 October 1973]Reference: 2928606iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
Multicolour tendrils with the word "Woopeeee!". Watercolour by Francesca, 1975.
Francesca, active approximately 1974.Date: 22.3.75 [22 March 1975]Reference: 2935476iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
A tall tree in Ceylon, with long raffia (?) tendrils hanging down.
Scowen, CharlesDate: [1900]Reference: 551112iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
Multicolour tendrils growing out of a vessel and surrounded by a red and green garland. Gouache by Francesca, 1973.
Francesca, active approximately 1974.Date: 8 June 73 [8 June 1973]Reference: 2928604iPart of: Adamson Collection