Stories
- In pictures
How an animation educated the army
In a 1940s cartoon intended to persuade US troops to take malaria medication, the makers pitted a clodhopping soldier against a wily mosquito. If only Private SNAFU had followed the government’s advice.
- Article
Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
- Article
Our Covid complicity
Athena Stevens thought she had a cold that she tried to ignore, but it turned out to be Covid-19. Here she reflects on how we have all put ourselves and others at risk with the choices we’ve made during this pandemic.
- Article
Why the scariest monsters look almost human
Something is wrong, but you’re not sure what. Amy Jones explores exactly why your worst nightmare is the monster that’s almost human.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Bug Naptha : a powerful destroyer / Samuel Reeves Ltd.
Date: [1900?]- Books
Report of the Committee on Bed-Bug Infestation : 1935-1940.
Date: 1942- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Newsday - "No Virginia, There is No DNA Doomsday Bug" by JDW (26 June 1977)
Date: 1977Reference: JDW/2/7/4/15Part of: James D. Watson Collection- Books
Through the vitriol : exploring transgender and gender non-conforming representation in Western cinema / Bug Shepherd-Barron.
Shepherd-Barron, BugDate: 2022- Books
- Online
The court of Nassau; or, the trial of Hum-Bug. A comedy, not worth acting. By George Stayley.
Stayley, George, 1727-1779?.Date: 1753