Stories
- Article
Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
- Article
Chemotherapy-day drawings
Undergoing treatment for bowel cancer, artist Clare Smith produced around 70 abstract drawings while sitting in the chemotherapy chair. She reflects on how creativity can bring respite in a crisis.
- Comic
Isolation
Quarantine translation: terror with undertones of boredom and low level anxiety.
- Article
Hands-on healthcare
A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.
Catalogue
- Books
Boredom : a lively history / Peter Toohey.
Toohey, Peter, 1951-Date: 2011- Books
Boredom and other factors in the physiology of mental effort : an exploratory study / by Joseph E. Barmack.
Barmack, Joseph Ephraim, 1910-Date: 1937- Books
A philosophy of boredom / Lars Svendsen ; translated by John Irons.
Svendsen, Lars Fr. H., 1970-Date: 2005- Books
Fatigue and boredom in repetitive work / by S. Wyatt and J.N. Langdon ; assisted by F.G.L. Stock.
Wyatt, S. (Stanley)Date: 1937- Pictures
A student reads to an audience the epic poems of Sir Richard Blackmore and the sermons of John ("Orator") Henley to find out which is the more soporific; his audience fall asleep with boredom. Etching by C. Grignion after F. Hayman.
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.Date: [between 1750 and 1759?]Reference: 2497721i