Stories
- Photo story
My body, my hair
To depilate or not to depilate? Farah Esset and Eden Rickson share a collection of personal pictures and stories that explore the intimate interplay between body hair and identity.
- Article
Why the world needs collectors
Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.
- Article
Bleeding healthy
For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.
- 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
- Pictures
Egypt: a street scene in Cairo. Photograph by Bernard Hobson, 1905.
British Association for the Advancement of Science.Date: 1905Reference: 536448iPart of: The British Association Meeting. S.Africa.- Pictures
Egypt: a fort on a bank of the Nile. Watercolour.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 2535441i- Pictures
Egypt: a monolith at Heliopolis. Photograph by Sir William Crookes, 1905.
British Association for the Advancement of Science.Date: 1905Reference: 536449iPart of: The British Association Meeting. S.Africa.- Pictures
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Egypt: a temple: the carved exterior facade. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.
Sébah, Pascal, 1823-1886.Date: 1875Reference: 576203i- Pictures
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Egypt (Luxor?): a colonnade; a man with a camel in the foreground. Photograph by A. Beato, ca. 1870.
Beato, Antonio, -1906.Date: 1870Reference: 574858i