Stories
- 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.
- Article
The big freeze
In recent years we’ve come to realise that global heating is our biggest threat. But it’s hard to shake off the fear of a return to ice-age conditions, the predominant narrative since the late 17th century.
- Article
Finding my body through the wilderness
Writer Jennifer Neal used vigorous exercise classes to try and heal herself in the years following an assault. But it was only while hiking outdoors that she found true strength.
- Book extract
Winter blues and the story of SAD
In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Snow, John
Date: Mid-late 20th CenturyReference: PP/RRM/E.5/8Part of: Macintosh, Sir Robert (1897-1989)- Digital Images
- Online
Snow's Chloroform Inhaler
- Archives and manuscripts
Snow Hill
Date: c.1883-c.1900Reference: WF/CA/P/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Snow, Michael
Date: Jul, Sep, December 1984; December 1985; [December 1986]Reference: SA/BAC/B/4/1/15Part of: BACUP (British Association of Cancer United Patients and their families and friends)- Archives and manuscripts
'Snow Hill Buildings'
Date: c.1947Reference: WA/PHO/Kel/B.1/1Part of: Photographs