Stories
- Photo story
Obesity and Britain’s boys
Six young men and six experiences of being overweight. Find out how these boys and their loved ones feel about this stigmatising issue.
- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
- Article
The poor child’s nurse
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
- Article
Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
Catalogue
- Books
- Online
Root vegetables / issued by the Ministry of Food.
Date: 1946- Books
Children and young people / Ministry of Food.
Great Britain. Ministry of Food.Date: [1949?]- Books
Industrial and agricultural workers / Ministry of Food.
Great Britain. Ministry of Food.Date: [1949?]- Books
Rationing in the United Kingdom / Ministry of Food.
Great Britain. Ministry of Food.Date: [1949?]
- Ephemera
- Online
With the Librarian's compliments : Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2AE / Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Library.Date: 1960-1969