Stories
- Article
Ways appear
While his sense of body shame meant the personal side of his life was unfulfilled, Chris’s career was rewarding. His own childhood experiences gave him profound empathy for the children he worked with.
- Article
Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
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Disability, education and prejudice
In the 1960s and 1970s, thalidomide survivors had to fight for a proper education. If they weren’t brought up in institutions, they were often viewed as objects of curiosity, encountering verbal and sometimes physical abuse, both at school and in the world beyond.
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Why we need to decolonise the skies
Astronomer Dr Tana Joseph explores how rethinking way we look at the stars could improve our relationship with our own planet and make it a healthier place to live.
Catalogue
- Books
Pupil nurse training school.
Date: [between 1960 and 1970?]- Digital Images
- Online
Pupil of an eye occluded by lymph
Delamotte, William Alfred- Books
Pupil nurses introductory course / Margaret H. Bennett.
Bennett, Margaret H. (Margaret Harriett)Date: 1967- Archives and manuscripts
Dialogues between Master and Pupil
Date: c. 18th CenturyReference: MS.MSL.89- Archives and manuscripts
Service Record Book, Pupil [Student] Nurses
Date: 1970– 1975Reference: RET/5/3/13Part of: The Retreat Archive