Stories
- Article
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.
- In pictures
Death around the world in ten objects
Death is many things to many cultures: violent, holy, frightening, calm, disgusting... or just a gateway to another life.
- Article
Keeping death close
Scattering her father’s ashes, Lauren Entwistle found herself longing for something physical that proved he once was a living, breathing person. Here she reflects on the objects that help us to grieve and remember.
- Article
Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
Catalogue
- Books
Death / editor: Bill Buford.
Date: 1989- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Death
Date: c.1880Reference: MS.1457Part of: Cantlie, Sir James, F.R.C.S. (1851-1926)- Archives and manuscripts
Death
Date: 1936-1937Reference: WA/HSW/PE/A.22-24Part of: Personal papers of Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853-1936)- Archives and manuscripts
Death
Date: 1988Reference: SA/FPA/C/E/16/2/9aPart of: Family Planning Association- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Death
Date: 1967 - 1999Reference: SA/FPA/C/E/16/2/9Part of: Family Planning Association