Stories
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The intimate and invasive art of ethical taxidermy
Does displaying dead animals bring us closer to nature, or drive us further apart?
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How chloroform shaped the murder mystery
Find out how a sweet-smelling liquid anaesthetic captured the public’s imagination and changed pop culture for ever.
- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
- Book extract
A doctor, his community and coronavirus
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
Catalogue
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Bags of life.
Date: 1978- Ephemera
Bags of temptations.
Date: [1994]- Books
Bags of information about drinking at home / The Portman Group [and the] Health Education Authority.
Date: [1991?]- Archives and manuscripts
Wrong Bags
Date: c.1970sReference: PP/WRO/B/4/5Part of: Professor Oliver Wrong- Books
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The life and death of the piper of Kilbarchan, or, the epitaph of Habbie Simson, Who on his Drone bore bonny Flags; He made his Cheeks as red as Crimson, And babbed when he blew the Bags.
Date: 1750?]