Stories
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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.
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The housing that gives hope to refugees
A safe place of one’s own can be a source of healing and hope. George Kafka reports on two Athens-based projects helping displaced people by putting housing first.
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Race, religion and the Black Madonna
Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Scottish Working Party on Psychosocial Issues / War of the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons, Time to Get Up: Caring for Children in the Nuclear Age
Date: 1987Reference: SA/MED/H/1/2/4Part of: Medact- Archives and manuscripts
Study Group on Psychosocial Issues (SPINA)
Date: 1984-2000Reference: SA/MED/H/1Part of: Medact- Archives and manuscripts
Nuclear Test Veterans
Date: 1991-1992Reference: SA/MED/H/1/7Part of: Medact- Books
The nuclear mentality : a psychosocial analysis of the arms race / edited by Lynn Barnett and Ian Lee.
Date: 1989- Archives and manuscripts
SPINA nuclear test veteran papers and correspondence
Date: 1991-1992Reference: SA/MED/H/1/7/1Part of: Medact