Stories
- Photo story
Beautiful bedding and how to die well
When you are unwell, your bed can be both a refuge and a prison. Discover how artist Poppy Nash created a bed-centred artwork inspired by her own chronic illness and depictions of ill health from history.
- Article
A quick guide to drugs, the brain and brain chemistry
Discover some of the major chemicals that govern activity in our brains, how they work, and why certain drugs have the effects they do.
- Article
Getting the measure of pain
In the 20th century doctors tried to find a way to measure pain. But even when ‘objective’ measures were rejected, an accurate understanding of another’s pain remained frustratingly elusive.
- Photo story
Generation portraits
Photographer Julian Germain’s major project focusing on portraits of multi-generational families came to a sudden halt during the various Covid-19 lockdowns. Here families celebrate coming together again in words and images.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Poppy capsules
Date: 1926Reference: MS.2927/1Part of: Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica- Archives and manuscripts
Poppy capsules
Date: 1926Reference: MS.2927/2Part of: Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica
- Digital Images
- Online
Poppy seed (Papaver somniferum)
Lauren Holden- Archives and manuscripts
Poppy capsules
Date: 1926Reference: MS.2927Part of: Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica- Books
Poppy, Mandragora and the new sex / Colin Spencer.
Spencer, Colin, 1933-Date: 1967, ©1966