Stories
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Graveyards as green getaways
Stressed city dwellers have been visiting cemeteries in greater numbers since the start of the pandemic. Discover how, despite the constant reminders of death, graveyards bring visitors a sense of renewal.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
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“Above resistant pavements, I floated”
In this extract from ‘Living with Buildings and Walking with Ghosts’, walk with Iain Sinclair through the streets of London.
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Further researches in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Frilford : with remarks on the northern limit of Anglo-Saxon cremation in England / by George Rolleston.
Rolleston, George, 1829-1881.Date: [1879?]- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 4 ['Letter Book HSW Personal 2']
Date: Nov 1896 - Jan 1899Reference: WF/E/01/01/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 3 ['Letter Book 3']
Date: Mar 1890 - Nov 1896Reference: WF/E/01/01/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Camberwell House Asylum
Camberwell House AsylumDate: mid 19th century - late 19th centuryReference: MSS.6220-6221- Books
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Nature in disease : illustrated in various discourses and essays, to which are added miscellaneous writings, chiefly on medical subjects / by Jacob Bigelow.
Bigelow, Jacob, 1787-1879.Date: 1859