Stories
- Book extract
Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
- Book extract
The shape of thought
Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.
- Article
Foraging for a taste of the past
Follow tips from a professional forager to recreate delicious 18th-century recipes from plants growing wild in parks and on urban wasteland.
- Article
Pain and the power of activism
Today, women with endometriosis have more access to better information than ever before. Jaipreet Virdi applauds the shared stories, online communities and self-help books empowering women in pain.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Recipe Books
British and Irish Orthoptic SocietyDate: 1977-1978Reference: SA/OPS/D/2/6Part of: British and Irish Orthoptic Society- Archives and manuscripts
Recipe book
G.B. Armstrong and Son LimitedDate: 20th centuryReference: MS.8154Part of: G B Armstrong and Son Limited, dispensing chemists: recipe books- Archives and manuscripts
Recipe book
G.B. Armstrong and Son LimitedDate: Early 20th century - mid 20th centuryReference: MS.8153Part of: G B Armstrong and Son Limited, dispensing chemists: recipe books
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
English Recipe Book
Date: c. 1700Reference: MS.5431- Archives and manuscripts
Recipe book fragments
Date: c. 1818Reference: MS.5450Part of: Corbyn & Co., chemists and druggists, London
