Stories
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The evil eye and social anxiety
The ‘look’ of the evil eye is believed to bring bad luck, illness or even death. This ancient curse might be deliberate, inflicted with an envious glare, or it could be accidental, the result of undue attention or excessive praise.
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Surviving grief when discussing death is off limits
When Iqra Choudhry’s dad died, she lost her words. Here she explains how finding a way to talk and write about loss has been essential for surviving it.
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Why we need to decolonise the skies
Astronomer Dr Tana Joseph explores how rethinking way we look at the stars could improve our relationship with our own planet and make it a healthier place to live.
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Confronting male stereotypes in the classroom
Sometimes men just don’t like football. Writer and teacher Okechukwu Nzelu decides to be himself in front of his students.
Catalogue
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Oxford Latin dictionary / edited by P.G.W. Glare.
Date: 1996- Archives and manuscripts
M0003412: Workman's goggles damaged by exposure to acid / M0003412EB: "Unloading ore and wearing googles for protection against dust and glare of the sun"
Date: 14 March 1933Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/27/97Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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Modern midnight conversation, or matrimonial dialogues; adapted to the times. Describing the secret intrigues, private thoughts, and prevailing opinions, which at present occupy the most remarkable personages in the polite, political, and literary worlds; and disclosing the Sentiments of most Modern Characters, from those whose Follies glare in the Bon Ton, to such as are confined to humbler Absurdities; Particularly Nabob Hunters, Levee Hunters, Intended Bankrupts, Coiners, Filers, Duellists, Ministerial and Antiministerial Aldermen, Ministerial and Antiministerial Common Councilmen, Newmarket Jockeys, Political Barbers, Schemers, Unemployed Artists, Guttling Citizens, Trading Justices, Contractors, Forestallers, Speculative Stock-Jobbers, Opulent Farmers, Emigrating Manufacturers, &c. &c. &c.
Date: [1775?]- Books
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Ueber das Abhängigkeitsverhältniss der Sehschärfe von der Beleuchtungsintensität / von W. Uhthoff.
Uhthoff, W.Date: [1886?]- Pictures
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A red snake and a maroon snake entwined and glaring at each other. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
Bishop, Mary, (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990.Date: March 67 [March 1967]Reference: 2901313iPart of: Adamson Collection