Stories
- In pictures
Dogs to the rescue
Explore artworks and archive photographs showing how our four-legged friends have been helping humans for hundreds of years.
- Article
Bubbles of history
Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.
- Book extract
A history of sex for sale
Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.
- Article
Bringing Braille back to the modern world
For anyone who thinks Braille is so last century, read on. New tech is helping dust Braille down and bring it to today’s visually impaired people.
Catalogue
- Pictures
Engravings by and after Annibale Carracci, Agostino Carracci and Lodovico Carracci. Album compiled by Pietro Fancelli.
Fancelli, Pietro, 1764-1850.Date: [between 1600 and 1699 - 1850]Reference: 29876i- Books
Búfala e Senhora das Plantas = Buffalo and Lady of Plants / Rosana Paulino.
Paulino, RosanaDate: [2020]- Archives and manuscripts
Women's Health Library: archive
Women's Health Library (1988-2006)Date: 1953-2006Reference: SA/WHL- Books
Mixed blessings from a Cambridge union / Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu.
Anionwu, Elizabeth N., 1947-Date: 2016- Archives and manuscripts
Blacker, Carlos Paton FRCP (1895-1975)
Blacker, Carlos Paton, 1895-1975Date: 1909-1980Reference: PP/CPB