Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events

Stories

  • Article

Air of threat

Novelist Chloe Aridjis vividly describes the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico City, as a combination of topography, crowded neighbourhoods, and reckless political diktats create a downward spiral.

  • Article

The healing power of breathing

The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.

  • Article

In search of the ‘nature cure’

Under the competing pressures of modern life, many of us succumb to mental ill health. Samantha Walton explores why so-called ‘nature cures’ don’t help, and how the living world can actually help us.

  • Article

The healing power of the physic garden

Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.

All stories (21)

Images

  • [Form letter asking for donations (EPH464:157, EPH464:158) to help work in disaster relief in China, Myanmar and Bangladesh from Sir Nicholas Young, the Chief Executive of the British Red Cross Society].
  • [Form letter asking for donations (EPH464:157, EPH464:158) to help work in disaster relief in China, Myanmar and Bangladesh from Sir Nicholas Young, the Chief Executive of the British Red Cross Society].
  • [Form letter asking for donations (EPH464:157, EPH464:158) to help work in disaster relief in China, Myanmar and Bangladesh from Sir Nicholas Young, the Chief Executive of the British Red Cross Society].
  • [Form letter asking for donations (EPH464:157, EPH464:158) to help work in disaster relief in China, Myanmar and Bangladesh from Sir Nicholas Young, the Chief Executive of the British Red Cross Society].
  • The world campaign for bears / Libearty: World Society for the Protection of Animals.
  • The world campaign for bears / Libearty: World Society for the Protection of Animals.
  • The world campaign for bears / Libearty: World Society for the Protection of Animals.
  • The world campaign for bears / Libearty: World Society for the Protection of Animals.
  • The world campaign for bears / Libearty: World Society for the Protection of Animals.
  • Are your meals costing the Earth? : Are they turning forest into desert? Threatening wildlife habitats? Poisoning the environment? / The Vegan Society ; illustrated by Juliet Breese.
All images (28)

Catalogue

All works (12)