Stories
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The last glass-eye maker in Britain
Meet Jost Haas – the UK’s last artificial-eye maker working exclusively with glass.
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Thousands of years of women’s pain
Even in the 21st century, women with severe monthly pain find their suffering minimised or dismissed by the medical profession. Such pain is seen as simply a natural part of being female.
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A nose through Blythe House
Recently sold and emptied out, Blythe House was once one of the UK’s biggest museum storage facilities. Here, museum worker Laura Humphreys reflects on her relationship with the store’s architecture, objects and aromas.
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Milk trails round Euston
Where cows once grazed near Wellcome Collection in London, baristas now froth their milk. Esther Leslie uncovers Euston’s dairy-based urban history.
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Tiles found in the new wards for homeless poor, Whitechapel, 1866. Watercolour painting.
Date: 1866Reference: 23531i
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Tiles painted with places familiar to Tunisian visitors and immigrants to France. Colour lithograph by A. Bellavita for the Féderation des Tunisiens pour une Citoyenneté des Deux Rives.
Bellavita, Antonio.Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 672652i- Archives and manuscripts
Vital Arts. Tiles. Waiting Room
Date: May 2002Reference: ART/AFH/D/72Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Books
Bachelard : science and objectivity / Mary Tiles.
Tiles, Mary.Date: 1984- Books
Living in a technological culture : human tools and human values / Mary Tiles and Hans Oberdiek.
Tiles, Mary.Date: 1995