Stories
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
- Article
How nature is defending itself in court
The idea that nature has legal rights is increasingly being taken seriously, but who gets to speak for it? Isabella Kaminski asks how the non-human can be represented within a human-made system.
- Article
The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
- Article
Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
Catalogue
- Books
The geology of the country near Hastings and Dungeness / by H.J. Osborne White.
White, Harold J. Osborne.Date: 1928- Books
Fish for hospital catering : a booklet for hospital dieticians and caterers / by the White Fish Authority.
Date: [Between 1950 and 1956]
- Ephemera
- Online
Fish for life : fast food for active bodies / Sea Fish Industry Authority, Asset, exercise professionals.
Date: [1995?]
- Books
- Online
Supplement to the History of British fishes / by William Yarrell.
Yarrell, William, 1784-1856.Date: 1839
- Ephemera
- Online
Turkey's terrific for paella / Health Education Authority.
Date: [1992?]