Stories
- Article
Transforming the decorative into dissent
Discover how embroidered messages by two ‘troublesome’ women in 19th-century asylums are mirrored in the therapeutic quilting work of writer Rachel May.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Article
Two health centres, two ideologies
Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Introductory Information Packs for Student Nurses
Date: c.1960sReference: DGH1/6/13/3/4Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
Papers collected by Dr Joan McMichael (1906-1989)
Elfrida Rathbone AssociationDate: 1964-1965Reference: MS.8830- Archives and manuscripts
Ron Henriques archive
Ron Henriques (1949-2021)Date: 1950s-2021Reference: PP/RON- Archives and manuscripts
British Social Hygiene Council
British Social Hygiene CouncilDate: 20th centuryReference: SA/BSH