Stories
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A bad atmosphere in the Balkans
The citizens of Belgrade, one of the most polluted cities in Europe, are finally pushing back against the polluters, whose activities they’ve been encouraged to accept.
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Dazzling luxury
As the 20th century dawned, both elite and masses basked in the marvellous and unearthly glow of the new electric illumination.
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The man who remembers everything
Tilney1 can remember his life in minute detail, but can’t control the incessant intrusion of thoughts and images from the past. As cuts to mental health services isolate him more and more, a crisis approaches.
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How writing helps me manage schizophrenia
For Erica Crompton, writing is much more than a career. It’s an essential component of her mental health toolkit.
Catalogue
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A man in a white suit smoking by the sea. Colour process print after P.V. Bradshaw, 1908.
Bradshaw, Percy V. (Percy Venner)Date: [1908?]Reference: 2059355iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Books
The smoking gods : tobacco in Maya art, history, and religion / by Francis Robicsek ; foreword by Michael D. Coe and by Barbara A. Goodnight ; photos by the author.
Robicsek, Francis.Date: [1978], ©1978- Pictures
Taxi Driver.
Date: [between 1987 and 2000?]Reference: 3289316iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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Telegraph house, Newfoundland: telegraph workers smoking and reading papers in their mess. Coloured lithograph by G.M. McCulloch, 1866, after R.C. Dudley, 1858.
Dudley, Robert Charles, 1826-1909.Date: 1866Reference: 473428i- Books
The whole art of curing, pickling, and smoking meat and fish, both in the British and foreign modes; with many useful miscellaneous receipts, and full directions for the construction of an economical drying-chimney and apparatus, on an entirely original plan / by James Robinson.
Robinson, James, practical curer.Date: 1847