Stories
- In pictures
Chinese pillow history
What is the ideal pillow? In Chinese culture, the ideal shifted over time, and views on a good sleep also reveal attitudes about studying, love, food and drink.
- Article
A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
- Article
A virtual view of history
Step inside Anne Frank’s house or explore the galleries in a museum destroyed by fire. VR brings history and art satisfyingly close when we’re unable to get there in person.
- Article
A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
Catalogue
- Books
History of Indian science, technology and culture : AD 1000 - 1800 / edited by A. Rahman ; general editor and project director, D.P. Chattopadhyaya.
Date: 1999- Books
The culture of flushing : a social and legal history of sewage / Jamie Benidickson; foreword by Graeme Wynn.
Benidickson, Jamie.Date: [2007], ©2007- Journals
- Online
Rural history : economy, society, culture.
Date: c1990-- Books
Disability in German-speaking Europe : history, memory, culture / edited by Linda Leskau, Tanja Nusser, and Katherine Sorrels.
Date: 2022- Books
A cultural history of race / general editor, Marius Turda.
Date: 2021
Events
- Seminar
Hidden Histories of HIV
Online | In our building
Available to watch
Part of Exploring Research
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- Hearing loop
- Discussion
On the Rag
Reading Room
Past
Part of Access Tours and Discussions
- Speech-to-text
- Gallery tour
BSL Tour of Smoke and Mirrors
Information Point
Past
Part of Access Tours and Discussions
- British Sign Language