Stories
- Article
How the mental health system fails Black people
Accessing mental healthcare as a Black woman can be a challenging experience. Rianna Walcott shares her story, alongside those of three other women, to reveal the barriers she faced.
- 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.
- Photo story
‘My Hair Is Not…’
Eight Black people talk about their relationship with their hair – their hairstyle history, their experiences, and how they decided to have natural hair.
- Photo story
How wigs help children handle hair loss
For young people who lose their hair during cancer treatment, a wig can make them feel normal again. Carmel King photographs some of the processes and people involved with a charity providing beautiful human-hair wigs for kids.
Catalogue
- Videos
Why are thin people not fat?.
Date: 2010- Videos
The men who made us thin. Part 4.
Date: 2013- Books
What people say has made the acousticon / General Acoustic Company.
General Acoustic Company.Date: [1915]- Pictures
A tall, thin military officer carries on his shoulders an enormously fat parson dressed in gown and bands followed by a dejected-looking farmer. Etching by J. Gillray, 1783.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: April 10 1783Reference: 585052i- Pictures
A tall thin man facing a short stout woman. Etching by F. Grose.
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791.Date: [1788]Reference: 747988i