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
- Books
- Online
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
The nature and nurture of love : from imprinting to attachment in Cold War America / Marga Vicedo.
Vicedo, Marga.Date: 2013
- Pictures
A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.
Jouy, Étienne de, 1764-1846.Date: 1814Reference: 17707i