Stories
- Article
Selling sex and sacrificing safety
Sex workers who report crimes against them can face a “what do you expect?” attitude. But one organisation is working to protect vulnerable people in the sex industry.
- Article
The bishop’s profitable sex workers
How did the Church rake in revenue from 14th-century sex regulations? Kate Lister explores a bishop’s lucrative rulebook.
- Article
How the magician’s assistant creates the illusion
Without breaking the spell, performer Naomi Paxton reveals the subtle ways the magician’s assistant helps the audience to keep believing.
- Book extract
The psychology of Ouija
Explore the science behind table tilting and Ouija boards, and discover how the unscrupulous still make money from exploiting the ‘ideomotor’ effect.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
M0002715: African men selling treatments at market
Date: 04 January 1932Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/22/93Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0005975: Indian woman doctor selling medicaments by the roadside
Date: 02 January 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/49/76Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0006895: A charlatan doctor, selling medicine to a crowd
Date: 1 May 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/58/63Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
M0011620: "Andre selling John Hunter's book on the Venereal Disease to Mr. Foot", from Foot: The Life of John Hunter, 1794
Date: November 1950Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/103/31Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Ephemera
We're cutting corners to give you direct service : the Kendall Company introduce direct selling on Burson stockings / The Kendall Co. (UK) Ltd.
Date: 1967