Stories
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NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare
The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.
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A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
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The hidden history of homesickness
Gail Tolley delves into the history of homesickness and discovers that its rich past holds a clue to how we view the experience today.
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Fantastic beasts and unnatural history
Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.
Catalogue
- Books
A brief history of the West India Committee / Douglas Hall.
Hall, Douglas.Date: 1971- Books
Professors, patronage and politics : the Aberdeen Universities in the eighteenth century / Roger L. Emerson.
Emerson, Roger L.Date: 1992- Books
A history of the university in Europe. Vol. 1, Universities in the Middle Ages / editor: Hilde de Ridder-Symoens / general editor: Walter Rüegg.
Date: 1992- Books
A history of the university in Europe. Vol. 3, Universities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (1800-1945) / edited by Walter Rüegg.
Date: 2004- Books
A history of the university in Europe. Vol. 2, Universities in early modern Europe (1500-1800) / editor, Hilde de Ridder-Symoens / general editor, Walter Rüegg.
Date: [1996]