Stories
- Article
Dying at home and the doctor’s role
Our anonymous GP talks about the bittersweet rewards of supporting a patient when he chose to die at home.
- Article
Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
- Article
Synaesthesia, or when senses overlap
What’s it like to see heartbeats, taste Tube stations or hear paintings?
- Article
Social isolation and the search for sanctuary
Threatened with deportation, Furaha Asani turned to her church for support. Met with silence and disinterest, she walked away, but argues that churches should do much more for migrants.
Catalogue
- Books
Bittersweet / written and illustrated by Gordon Shaw.
Shaw, Gordon (Artist)Date: [2018?]- Books
Bittersweet : the story of sugar / Peter Macinnis.
Macinnis, Peter.Date: 2002- Books
Bittersweet : diabetes, insulin, and the transformation of illness / Chris Feudtner.
Feudtner, John Christopher.Date: [2003], ©2003- Books
Bittersweet destiny : the stormy evolution of human behavior / Del Thiessen.
Thiessen, Delbert D.Date: 1997- Books
Bittersweet : the transformation of diabetes into a chronic illness in twentieth-century America / Chris Feudtner.
Feudtner, John Christopher.Date: [1995], ©1995