Stories
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Death and our digital ghosts
When we die, our data lives on. And as companies are increasingly spotting money-making opportunities from digital legacies, now could be the time to think about – and control – yours.
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A body apart from the head
We look back at the importance of the head, from how it’s influenced our language to the bold political statement of having it removed.
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A head apart from the body
We look to the future of science via science fiction to explore how a head may live apart from its body.
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Surviving grief when discussing death is off limits
When Iqra Choudhry’s dad died, she lost her words. Here she explains how finding a way to talk and write about loss has been essential for surviving it.
Catalogue
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Death head of Antonio Scarpa
- Archives and manuscripts
To Arnold Mayhew from Fred O Samuels on Head's death
Date: 1940Reference: PP/HEA/D.10/4Part of: Head, Sir Henry- Books
The scourging angel : the Black Death in the British Isles / Benedict Gummer.
Gummer, Benedict, 1978-Date: 2009- Books
When death do us part : understanding and interpreting the probate records of early modern England / edited by Tom Arkell, Nesta Evans and Nigel Goose.
Date: 2000- Digital Images
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'Vanitas' head: female head in wax representing life & death