Stories
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Thunderbolts and lightning
Fire in the sky has always exerted a hold on our imagination, even as early scientists unlocked the secrets of atmospheric electricity.
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How I escaped my anxiety and depression through architecture and poetry
Social anxiety led him to introversion and silence. The brutalist architecture of London’s Barbican Estate inspired his liberation in poetry.
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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet
Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Notices of meetings in which Margaret Lowenfeld was lecturing.
Date: mid 20th centuryReference: PP/LOW/G/2Part of: Margaret Lowenfeld- Archives and manuscripts
'Play in Childhood', 'Play Phantasy and Experience', 'Child's Play and Man's Work' and 'Comedy and Tragedy in Play'
Date: Jun. 1935Reference: PP/LOW/G/2/vPart of: Margaret Lowenfeld- Archives and manuscripts
Lectures
Date: 1953-1977Reference: GC/237/C/1Part of: Gilson, John Cary (1912-1989)- Archives and manuscripts
Cleanliness and Tidiness' (text present), 'Obedience' (text present), 'Moral Training' (text present) and 'Pleasure and Adventure'
Date: Nov. 1934Reference: PP/LOW/G/2/sPart of: Margaret Lowenfeld- Archives and manuscripts
'Discipline and Freedom and the Capacity to Learn'
Date: Oct. 28, 1932Reference: PP/LOW/G/2/hPart of: Margaret Lowenfeld