Stories
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Article
Rediscovering a love of the game
Sexism and homophobia in football prompted Lara Goodwin to stop playing the sport at 19. Today, while discrimination in the game is still rife, Lara has found hope – and like-minded players – in an inclusive east London club.
- Article
Rediscovering Margaret Louden, a forgotten NHS hero
Bored during lockdown, David Jesudason started bin diving at night. Then a chance discovery set him on a new path: to tell the story of a forgotten female surgeon.
- Book extract
“Above resistant pavements, I floated”
In this extract from ‘Living with Buildings and Walking with Ghosts’, walk with Iain Sinclair through the streets of London.
Catalogue
- Books
- Online
Pharmacopœia of the Victoria Hospital for Children (with which is incorporated the St Gabriel's Hospital for Infants), Queen's Road, Chelsea, S.W.
Victoria Hospital for Children (London, England)Date: [1892]- Books
The Victoria Hospital for Children, Tite Street, Chelsea, London, S.W. 3 : a short commemorative history, 1866-1964 / [George Edwards].
Edwards, George.Date: [1964]- Books
Directory of residential accommodation for the mentally handicapped in England, Wales and N. Ireland / [National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children]. 1978-79 / [Victoria Shennan, editor].
Date: 1979- Pictures
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London: a model of the scheme. Process print, 1935.
Date: 1935Reference: 552406iPart of: Architecture illustrated.- Pictures
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London: a model of the scheme. Process print, 1935.
Date: 1935Reference: 552405iPart of: Architecture illustrated.