Stories
- Article
Surviving a flesh-eating disease
Nearly dying from a skin infection gave Scott Neill a chance to start again after an early life marked by grief and depression.
- Article
Nymphomania and hypersexuality in women and men
The history of nymphomania is closely bound with society's views on women and their sexuality.
- Article
The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
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Why we no longer keep our dead at home
Today in the UK we rarely sit with, touch, or perhaps even see our loved ones after they’ve died. Past practices were very different and, Claire Cock-Starkey argues, were more helpful for those grieving.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Divorce decrees by grounds
Date: c.1955Reference: SA/PIC/F/14/14/6Part of: Population Investigation Committee- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
[Divorce]
Date: 1915-1917Reference: WA/HSW/MD/B.7Part of: Personal papers of Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853-1936)- Archives and manuscripts
Divorce and Civil Work
Date: 1991Reference: SA/TCC/E/4/5Part of: Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Divorce petitions filed by husbands occupation
Date: mid 1950sReference: SA/PIC/F/14/14/7Part of: Population Investigation Committee- Archives and manuscripts
Divorce and Court Welfare Enquiries
Date: 1988-1989Reference: SA/TCC/E/4/2Part of: Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships