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.
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Reassuring ghosts and haunted houses
Explore the perversely comforting appeal of a ghost in the house.
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Communities of cross-feeders
A desire to help leads some women to “cross-feed” – breastfeed other parents’ babies for free. Alev Scott delves into the emotions behind this altruistic act.
- Photo story
Trans masculinity on the record
Curator of the Museum of Transology in Brighton E-J Scott tells the story behind a few of the 250 objects from the collection, and the powerful effect they had on him as he put trans lives on the record.
Catalogue
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They did not pass by : the story of the early pioneers of nursing / [Denis G. Murphy].
Murphy, Denis G.Date: [1956]- Books
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Sisters in arms : Catholic nuns through two millennia / Jo Ann Kay McNamara.
McNamara, Jo Ann, 1931-2009Date: 1998- Archives and manuscripts
Pastoral, monastic and hagiographical works
Date: Late 13th century - Mid-14th CenturyReference: MS.365- Books
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Equal in monastic profession : religious women in Medieval France / Penelope D. Johnson.
Johnson, Penelope D. (Penelope Delafield), 1938-Date: 1991- Books
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Women's monasticism and medieval society : nunneries in France and England, 890-1215 / Bruce L. Venarde.
Venarde, Bruce L., 1962-Date: 1997