Stories
- 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
Being trans in the world of sex work
Unstable. Predatory. Risk takers. Dr Adrienne Macartney sheds stark light on the hostile and negative assumptions faced by trans sex workers.
- Article
Succumbing to stimming in dance
As a child, Susanna Dye felt ashamed of their need to stim, but has found a way to incorporate these repetitive movements into their creative practice as a dancer and facilitator.
- Article
Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Papers on equipment and supplies for power, light and heat
Date: 1903 - 1952Reference: RET/2/2/12/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
General Papers about power supplies
Date: 1935 - 1946Reference: RET/2/2/12/1/8Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
General Papers about power supplies
Date: 1947 - 1952Reference: RET/2/2/12/1/9Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
General Papers on power supplies
Date: 1922 - 1924Reference: RET/2/2/12/1/5Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
General Papers on power supplies
Date: 1903 - 1921Reference: RET/2/2/12/1/4Part of: The Retreat Archive