Stories
- Book extract
The give and take of caring
Kate Mosse argues that how we define ‘care’ matters, and explores the reciprocity of caring and being cared for.
- Article
The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet
Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
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Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
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A woman in her wilderness of things
Even though her home was overwhelmed with stuff, Georgie Evans’s grandma couldn’t stop buying things. In this series, Georgie delves into hoarding, and attempts to make sense of her grandma’s behaviour.
Catalogue
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'Dept 1 - W&M, Clocks & W' [weights and measures; clocks and watches]
Date: 1980-1983Reference: WA/HMM/TR/Abc/B.3/5Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Books
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A descriptive inventory of the several exquisite and magnificent pieces of mechanism and jewellery, Compriz'd in the Schedule annexed to an Act of Parliament, made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty George the Third; For enabling Mr. James Cox, of the City of London, Jeweller, to dispose of his Museum by way of Lottery.
Cox, James, Jeweler.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
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A catalogue, of clocks, watches, and other machines, made and sold by T. Page, author of the use of broad sword, in the Market-Place, Norwich.
Page, T. (Thomas), 1713-Date: 1746?]- Books
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A descriptive catalogue of the several superb and magnificent pieces of mechanism and jewellery, exhibited in Mr. Cox's museum, at Spring Gardens, Charing-Cross.
Cox, James, Jeweler.Date: [1772]- Books
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Descriptive catalogue of the several superb and magnificent pieces of mechanism and jewellery, exhibited in the museum, at Spring-Gardens, Charing-Cross.
Cox, James, Jeweler.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1772]