Stories
- Article
Self-obsessing in the age of selfies
The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.
- Article
Lovesickness and ‘The Love Thief’
An 11th-century poem of love, lust and possibly gruesome death still resonates today.
- In pictures
Chinese pillow history
What is the ideal pillow? In Chinese culture, the ideal shifted over time, and views on a good sleep also reveal attitudes about studying, love, food and drink.
- 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.
Catalogue
- Books
History of biochemistry in Japan 1877-1940 : a review of the literature / Christine M. Joyner.
Joyner, Christine M.Date: 1978- Archives and manuscripts
History: notes, literature, and memorabilia
Date: 1938-2002Reference: SA/ETX/G/2Part of: Archive of EUROTOX and Predecessor Bodies- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence. Surnames 'Brayne' to 'Love'
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 2012 - 2015Reference: GC/253/A/53/2Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- Books
Flower madness : the significance of the blossom in Japanese literature / Susumu Nakanishi.
Nakanishi, Susumu.Date: 1982- Books
Dietary hygiene and allied literature in the Ming dynasty of China / Zheng Jinsheng.
Zheng, JinshengDate: 1991