Stories
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Self-obsessing in the age of selfies
The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.
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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
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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.
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A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Letters from the Society of Friends to J B S Haldane
Date: Jan 1939 - Feb 1939Reference: HALDANE/4/21/2/1Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Letters from the Society of Friends to J B S Haldane
Date: Mar 1939 - Jun 1939Reference: HALDANE/4/21/2/2Part of: Haldane Papers- Books
Proceedings of the meeting of 31 May - 1 June 1991, Rotterdam / the History of Anaesthesia Society ; editor D. J. Wilkinson.
Date: [1992]- Books
History of the Religious Society of Friends, Frederick Street, Belfast / Sandra King.
King, Sandra.Date: 1999- Archives and manuscripts
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Four book catalogues advertising and listing Friends' Books
Date: 1813 - late 19th centuryReference: RET/8/10/3/5Part of: The Retreat Archive