Stories
- Photo story
How wigs help children handle hair loss
For young people who lose their hair during cancer treatment, a wig can make them feel normal again. Carmel King photographs some of the processes and people involved with a charity providing beautiful human-hair wigs for kids.
- Article
Keeping death close
Scattering her father’s ashes, Lauren Entwistle found herself longing for something physical that proved he once was a living, breathing person. Here she reflects on the objects that help us to grieve and remember.
- Article
Louis Wain’s cryptic cats
Once famous for his quirky cat illustrations, today Louis Wain is often portrayed as a ‘psychotic’ artist whose illness can be mapped out through his drawings. Here Bryony Benge-Abbott takes a more rounded view.
Catalogue
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Two girls crying over a dead lamb. Etching with line engraving by T. Brown after H. Campotosto.
Campotosto, Henry, -1910.Date: [1872]Reference: 42300i- Pictures
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A family are saddened by the sale of their pet lamb. Engraving by C. Rolls after W. Collins, 1813.
Collins, William, 1788-1847.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 27529i- Archives and manuscripts
D.U. Chemistry of refinement (i.e. loss of protein) mastered Correspondence and working notes.
Date: 1960-1962Reference: PP/TLC/D.2/2Part of: Cleave, Surgeon Captain 'Peter' Thomas Latimer- Books
Loss and change / Peter Marris.
Marris, Peter.Date: 1974- Books
Loss and grief in medicine / Peter W. Speck.
Speck, Peter W.Date: 1978