Stories
- Photo story
Generation portraits
Photographer Julian Germain’s major project focusing on portraits of multi-generational families came to a sudden halt during the various Covid-19 lockdowns. Here families celebrate coming together again in words and images.
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
- Article
In celebration of LGBTQ+ comedy
At school, homophobic jokes made Ella Braidwood feel uncomfortable and ashamed. Fast-forward to today’s inclusive comedy scene, and her very different feelings of hope and happiness.
- Article
When wounds replace words
For the many thousands of refugees waiting in Greece, the process to establish the truth of their tragic personal histories is often extremely upsetting. But a group of medics and legal workers is working together to make the system more humane.
Catalogue
- Digital Images
- Online
Group portrait at Edinburgh University
- Archives and manuscripts
Group Photograph of Recipients of Honorary Degrees from the University of Edinburgh
Date: 02-Jul-1970Reference: PENROSE/1/8/2/50Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Group photograph of staff and students, Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh
Date: 1939Reference: UGC 198/10/3/1/2Part of: Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Group photograph outside guest house of the Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh
Date: 1939Reference: UGC 198/10/3/1/1Part of: Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
University of Edinburgh
Date: 1971Reference: PP/CRI/E/1/19/7Part of: Francis Crick (1916-2004): archives