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.
- Long read
Love, grief and assisted dying
In this deeply affecting story, Michelle Elliot explores the events and emotions around the time of her mother’s medically assisted death in Canada, where the practice is legal.
- Book extract
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.
Catalogue
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Clocks: watches and clocks, with details of their mechanisms. Engraving c.1861.
Reference: 46038i- Pictures
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Clocks: various pocket watches, and details of their mechanisms. Engraving c.1861.
Reference: 46039i- Archives and manuscripts
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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- Pictures
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Clocks: James Cox's "perpetual motion" self-winding clock. Engraving by J. Lodge, 1774.
Date: 1774Reference: 40950i- Pictures
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Clocks: a bracket clock formerly in the possession of the East India Company. Process print.
Reference: 40967i