Stories
- Photo story
The last glass-eye maker in Britain
Meet Jost Haas – the UK’s last artificial-eye maker working exclusively with glass.
- In pictures
Hookah smoking in colonial Calcutta
Hookah smoking began in the royal courts of Mughal India, and like many other local customs, it was readily adopted by British colonials in the 18th century as a symbol of wealth and status.
- Article
Butch drag in the builders’ caff
Two men in a café dressed in practical workwear might seem indistinguishable, but closer inspection reveals layers of complex, nuanced identity.
- Article
Conserving Audrey
Elena describes how specially designed storage allows Audrey’s scrapbooks to retain all traces of her creative process, although their intrinsic fragility means deterioration is almost inevitable.
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Customs gazette.
- Archives and manuscripts
Customs documents, Genoa
Date: 1824Reference: PP/HO/D/B117-118Part of: Hodgkin family- Archives and manuscripts
Customs slip, Italy
Date: 1824Reference: PP/HO/D/B103Part of: Hodgkin family- Archives and manuscripts
Customs Department New Zealand
Date: October 1969Reference: SA/DRS/E/2/2Part of: DrugScope- Archives and manuscripts
Customs notices and quarantine order
Date: 1795-1800Reference: MS.8396
