Stories
- Article
Cracks that let the light in
Rai Waddingham lives with voices other people cannot hear. Here she describes how she has come to accept, understand and calm her voices, and to acknowledge her strength.
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
- Article
The secrets your teeth hold
Discover how innocuous-looking human teeth hold a wealth of hidden information about our diet, health and evolution.
- Article
How light pollution affects our circadian rhythms
Too much of the wrong sort of light can send our natural cycles off-kilter – is city life messing with your circadian rhythm?
Catalogue
- Ephemera
The shadow of a crime : please hold to light / [Mellin's Food Limited.].
Mellin's Food Limited.Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Ephemera
- Online
Fry's pure concentrated cocoa : a delightful beverage for breakfast or supper.
J.S. Fry & Sons.Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Pictures
Children watching a magic lantern show. Coloured lithograph.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 12082iPart of: Spooner's protean views- Ephemera
Language of flowers : Mellin's Food Ltd. will supply a complete set of six pictures for threepence.
Mellin's Food Limited.Date: [1880?]
- Ephemera
- Online
Bovril : "It's not the cowl that makes the monk" but Bovril makes the man : made from prime fresh ox beef / Bovril Limited.
Bovril Limited.Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]
