Stories
- Article
Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
- Article
Sigrid Rausing’s prescription for writing
The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘Stay With Me’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.
- Article
When you don’t belong, you drink
In the third part of her exploration of belonging, Tanya Perdikou unpicks the addictions that have shaped her past and uncovers the connections that make recovery possible.
- Photo story
A portrait of me with my mother
A series of portraits with stand-in mothers helped Camilla Greenwell to process her grief, and then to question whether our photograph albums are ever really honest.
Catalogue
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Maternal instinct, or love / by J.M. Toner.
Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith), 1825-1896.Date: 1864- Archives and manuscripts
'Penguin: Ainsworth Chapters'
Date: c.1964Reference: PP/BOW/K.3/2Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Books
Ties that bind : maternal imagery and discourse in Indian Buddhism / Reiko Ohnuma.
Ohnuma, ReikoDate: 2012- Books
Child care and the growth of love / abridged and edited by Margery Fry.
Bowlby, John.Date: [1953]- Books
Child care and the growth of love / by John Bowlby ; abridged and edited by Margery Fry ; with two new chapters by Mary D. Salter Ainsworth.
Bowlby, John.Date: 1965