Stories
- Article
Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
- Article
Digitising Audrey
Building digital images of what Audrey created means that her work can be frozen in time – for the digital version, at least, the process of decay is halted, and any number of people can view it without the risk of damaging it.
- Book extract
A doctor, his community and coronavirus
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
- Article
Restoring disorder to ‘The Book of Disquiet’
Printer Tim Hopkins explains what making an extraordinary new edition of Fernando Pessoa’s book revealed about both the text and the mind.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
'Stamp book'
Date: 1933-1958Reference: SA/NPT/D/4/5Part of: National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, successor and associated bodies- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Stamp, Lord (Trevor)
Date: 1953Reference: SB/1/1/645Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection- Digital Images
- Online
Stamp commemorating Ignaz Phillip Semmelweiss.
- Archives and manuscripts
"Stamp Book No. 9"
Date: 1941-1950Reference: WF/F/082Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
Stamp of success : [Mary Seacole].
Date: 1991