Stories
- Article
Robinson Crusoe and the morality of solitude
Robinson Crusoe, fiction’s most famous castaway, was certainly isolated, but did he suffer the intrinsically modern affliction of loneliness?
- Article
The men who meddled with nature
The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.
- Article
History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
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Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
'Goats'
Date: 1930sReference: PP/GMG/B/27Part of: M'Gonigle, George Cuthbert Mura- Archives and manuscripts
'Goats'
Date: 1938Reference: PP/MEL/C/59Part of: Mellanby, Sir Edward- Archives and manuscripts
Goats, Malta
Date: c.1884-1903Reference: RAMC/1242/3/49Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Goats feeding, Malta
Date: c.1884-1903Reference: RAMC/1242/3/42Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Goats in street, Malta
Date: c.1884-1903Reference: RAMC/1242/3/43Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection