Stories
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Living with less for spiritual gain
Today, a minimalist lifestyle is trumpeted as a route to happiness. Find out what religious ascetics from history and modern proponents of the spartan-looking home can teach us.
- Article
How to be poor and happy
Money, security, self-sufficiency and charitable giving have long been linked to happiness. But what if you’re working class?
- Book extract
You know the drill
Richard Barnett opens wide the true meaning of a healthy mouth.
- Interview
Sniffing glue and Scientology in the DrugScope archive
Academics on hallucinogenics, kids sniffing glue, and Scientologists recruiting drug users keen to kick the habit. Delve into Wellcome’s recently acquired DrugScope archive.
Catalogue
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Material culture of the Menomini / by Alanson Skinner.
Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925.Date: 1921- Books
Material culture of the people of southeastern Panama : based on specimens in the United States National Museum / by Herbert W. Krieger.
Krieger, Herbert W. (Herbert William), 1889-1970.Date: 1926- Books
Material cultures : why some things matter / edited by Daniel Miller.
Date: 1998- Books
Curiosities and texts : the culture of collecting in early modern England / Marjorie Swann.
Swann, Marjorie (Marjorie E.)Date: [2001], ©2001- Books
The Oxford handbook of material culture studies / edited by Dan Hicks and Mary C. Beaudry.
Date: 2010