Stories
- In pictures
The friendly societies and healthcare
For a couple of centuries, friendly societies plugged the healthcare gap between expensive private care and charitable institutions for many thousands of people in the UK.
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Disability, education and prejudice
In the 1960s and 1970s, thalidomide survivors had to fight for a proper education. If they weren’t brought up in institutions, they were often viewed as objects of curiosity, encountering verbal and sometimes physical abuse, both at school and in the world beyond.
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Rejecting shame and a decade of change
Jess Thom spent years trying to ignore and suppress the tics of Tourette’s syndrome. Read what happened when she decided to celebrate them instead.
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The Transvengers as foe of the paradigm of heteronormativity
Jason Barker writes about his experience of working with a group of young trans people and describes the process of developing the theory which underlies The Transvengers comic, and society, today.
Catalogue
- Books
Learned societies and institutions in India : activities and publications, including over 4,000 research oriented titles / compiled by Mohinder Singh.
Singh, Mohinder, 1935-1997.Date: [1975]- Archives and manuscripts
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Letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to J B S Haldane
Date: 25 Jan 1950Reference: HALDANE/4/22/2/90Part of: Haldane Papers- E-journals
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Learned publishing : journal of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers.
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A survey of learned societies / Joint Committee on Learned Societies [of] the Royal Society and the British Academy.
Joint Committee on Learned Societies (Great Britain)Date: 1976- Books
Development plan / the Royal Society of Canada.
Royal Society of Canada.Date: 1993