Stories
- 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.
- Article
The sweet sound of synthetic speech
After Alex experienced a serious deterioration in his sight, he came to rely on artificial voices to help him with everyday tasks. Find out how synthetic speech came to be developed.
- Photo story
Beautiful bedding and how to die well
When you are unwell, your bed can be both a refuge and a prison. Discover how artist Poppy Nash created a bed-centred artwork inspired by her own chronic illness and depictions of ill health from history.
- Article
The joys and failures of audio description
Audio description enhances the experience of watching a film or TV show for people with a visual impairment, but it's not widely available in the UK. Alex Lee explains why.
Catalogue
- Pictures
A Vietnamese injured by napalm; an anatomical illustration of a skull, and other motifs: a protest against the manufacture of the chemical napalm by Dow Chemical Co.. Screen print by W. Weege, 1967.
Weege, William.Date: 1967Reference: 664901i- Books
Cell division.
ottoGraphicDate: 2013- Archives and manuscripts
AIDS-HIV
Date: c.1987-1992Reference: WF/M/I/BP/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
A man being vaccinated by another man. Colour screen print by A. Folarin, 1960.
Folarin, Agbo, 1936-2010.Date: [between 1960 and 1969?]Reference: 2064902i- Pictures
A patient in bed with smallpox, attended by a physician. Colour screen print after G.A. Okiki.
Okiki, G. A. (Artist in Nigeria?), active approximately 1950?Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]Reference: 47636i