Stories
- Article
How online dating can make us lonely
The packed diary of an internet dater doesn’t necessarily denote fun, companionship and love. Find out what Christina Patterson learned on her internet-dating odyssey.
- Interview
Inside the mind of Living with Buildings curator, Emily Sargent
Curator Emily Sargent reveals why council estates and a Finnish TB sanatorium were chosen for the ‘Living with Buildings’ exhibition.
- In pictures
Southern Italy’s centuries-long dancing mania
How the symptom of a terrifying sickness became a lively folk dance in southern Italy.
- Article
On contagion
Reading descriptions of the way humans become infested by parasitic flatworms, Daisy Lafarge experienced painful physical symptoms. Perhaps the very creature she was studying had invaded her body.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Bites and stings
Date: c.1990Reference: SA/CAP/F/2/3Part of: Child Accident Prevention Trust
- Pictures
- Online
A doctor examining a patient and enquiring about his health, leading to a mis-apprehension. Coloured lithograph, c.1848(?), by Gnat.
Gnat.Reference: 10962iPart of: Gnat bites
- Books
- Online
Snakes : snake-bites and their treatment / by a Hindu.
Date: 1889- Archives and manuscripts
'Insect bites, poisonous plants'
Date: 1968-1971Reference: PP/EKC/B/41Part of: Cruickshank, Eric Kennedy (1914-2007)- Books
Bitten : true medical stories of bites and stings / Pamela Nagami.
Nagami, Pamela.Date: 2005