Stories
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Death and our digital ghosts
When we die, our data lives on. And as companies are increasingly spotting money-making opportunities from digital legacies, now could be the time to think about – and control – yours.
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Dementia playlists and musical memory
Listening to the right music can provide both solace and pleasure for someone with dementia, helping them to reconnect with the world around them. Grace Meadows makes the case for more music in dementia care.
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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
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Dial ‘S’ for sex
In pre-internet days, phone boxes became a patchwork of ‘tart cards’ offering sexual services. Find out about the clandestine world they hint at.
Catalogue
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Records of the Abortion Law Reform Association
Date: 1935-1970Reference: SA/ALR/APart of: Abortion Law Reform Association- Books
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Jurisprudentia philologica, sive elementa juris civilis, secundum methodum et seriem Institutionum Justiniani, in brevem & facilem ordinem redacta, Notis Classicis, & Historicis, Nec Non Parallelis Juris Anglicani locis, illustrata. Quibus accessit Prooemium De Jure Civili Romanorum ante Justinianum, et de libris juris civilis Romanorum per Justinianum compositis. In Usum Juventutis Academicae. Per Robertum Eden, S.T.B. Archidiaconum Wintoniensem, & non ita pridem, Coll. Univ. Oxon. Socium.
Eden, Robert, 1701-1759.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Archives and manuscripts
Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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The new universal etymological English dictionary: Containing An Additional Collection of Words, with their Explications and Etymologies from the Ancient British, Tcutonick, Dutch, Saxon, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, &c. each in its proper Character. Also An Explication of Hard and Technical Words, or Terms, in all Arts and Sciences; with Accents directing to their proper Pronunciation, shewing both the Orthography and Orthoepia of the English Tongue. Illustrated With some Hundred Cuts, giving a clearer Idea of those Figures, not so well apprehended by verbal Description. Likewise A Collection and Explanation of Words and Phrases used in our ancient Charters, Statues, Writs, Old Records and Processes at Law. Also The Theogony, Theology, and Mythology of the Egyptians, Greeks Romans, &c. being an Account of their Deities, Solemnities Divinations, Auguries, Oracles, and Hieroglyphicks. A Work useful for such as would Understand what they Read and Hear, Speak what they Mean, and Write true English. To which is added. A dictionary of cant words. By N. Bailey.
Bailey, N. (Nathan), -1742.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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The new universal etymological English dictionary: containing an additional collection of words (not in the first volume) with their explications and etymologies from the ancient British, Teutonick, Dutch, Saxon, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, &c. each in its proper character. Also an explication of hard and technical words, or terms, in all arts and sciences; with accents directing to their proper pronunciation, shewing both the orthography and orthoepia of the English tongue. Illustrated with some hundred cuts, giving a clearer idea of those figures, not so well apprehended by verbal description. Likewise a collection and explanation of words and phrases used in our ancient charters, statutes, writs, old records, and processes at law. Also the theogony, theology, and mythology of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, &c. being an account of their deities, solemnities, divinations, auguries, oracles, and hieroglyphicks. A work useful for such as would understand what they read and hear, speak what they mean, and write true English. To which is added, a dictionary of cant words. ... By N. Bailey.
Bailey, N. (Nathan), -1742.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]