Stories
- In pictures
Responses to Brook’s sex education guides
Brook Advisory Centres provided relatable sex-education information to young people, but their popular material sometimes resulted in criticism from politicians and the media.
- 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.
- Book extract
Permission to recover
When it comes to illness, sometimes the end is just the beginning. Gavin Francis argues why being given permission to recover is so important.
- Article
A message from my skin
As wildfires threatened Seattle, resident Sydney Baker experienced corresponding flares of acne and rashes. Her skin was telling her something about the health of the world around her.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Politicians
Date: 1990-1993Reference: SA/ASH/T/5/14Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Books
Politicians / edited, with introductions, by Seamus Deane.
Date: 1973- Archives and manuscripts
Politicians, includes transcript of interview with Laurie Pavitt
Date: Jan 1976Reference: SA/ASH/R/26Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Pictures
- Online
Politicians of the Parti National with stomach disorders and haemorrhoids. Wood engraving by Pépin (E. Guillaumin), 1889.
Pépin, 1842-Date: 7 April 1889Reference: 30990i- Pictures
- Online
Politicians from the Opposition proceed down Whitehall to remove Sir Robert Walpole from office. Etching by F. W. Fairholt, 1848.
Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866.Date: 1848Reference: 39960i