Stories
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How homesickness inspires art
Gail Tolley looks at homesickness through the eyes of three contemporary artists and finds powerful new themes of identity and connection.
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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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Finding the words to talk about emptiness
Shored up by a diagnosis and medication, Cassie Doney tried to find out more about the profound feeling of emptiness they were experiencing. But research is thin on the ground.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 3 ['Letter Book 3']
Date: Mar 1890 - Nov 1896Reference: WF/E/01/01/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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La generosità D'Alessandro: a serious opera, in two acts. As performed at the King's Theatre, in the Hay-Market. The Music entirely new, by Signor Tarchi.
Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782.Date: [1789]- Archives and manuscripts
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George, Aansan
Date: 31/08/2009Reference: TP1/A/1357Part of: One and Other Project- Pictures
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Night calls by doctors: sixteen vignettes. Wood engraving by M. Marais, 1897.
Marais, Maurice, 1852-Date: 23 January 1897Reference: 16999i- Archives and manuscripts
Myers, Charles Samuel (1873-1946)
Myers, Dr Charles Samuel (1873-1946)Date: 1902-1991Reference: PSY/MYE