Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
Mapping the body
These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.
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Lonely bodies are hungry for more than turkey
At Christmas, many charities provide dinners for homeless or isolated people. Food is central to festive celebrations, but it can also satisfy our hunger for belonging and community.
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Self-obsessing in the age of selfies
The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.
Catalogue
- Audio
Images that changed the world. Parts 1-5.
Date: 2010- Books
Shaping the superman : fascist body as political icon aryan fascism / editor J.A. Mangan.
Date: 1999- Books
Marmorleiber : Körperbildung in der deutschen Nacktkultur (1890-1930) / von Maren Möhring.
Möhring, Maren.Date: 2004- Books
Fat activism : a radical social movement / Charlotte Cooper.
Cooper, Charlotte, 1968-Date: 2016- Books
Consumptive chic : a history of beauty, fashion, and disease / Carolyn A. Day.
Day, CarolynDate: [2017]