Stories
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
- Article
A virtual view of history
Step inside Anne Frank’s house or explore the galleries in a museum destroyed by fire. VR brings history and art satisfyingly close when we’re unable to get there in person.
- Article
History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
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The unimprovable white cane
Recent technological additions to the white cane aim to make the world easier for visually impaired people to navigate. Alex Lee explores whether new is really better.
Catalogue
- Books
The binding of books : an essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings / by Herbert P. Horne.
Horne, Herbert P. (Herbert Percy), 1864-1916.Date: 1894- Books
Commercial visions : science, trade, and visual culture in the Dutch Golden Age / Dániel Margócsy.
Margócsy, DánielDate: [2014]- Books
A history of autism : conversations with the pioneers / Adam Feinstein.
Feinstein, Adam, 1957-Date: 2010- Books
The politics of vaccination : a global history / edited by Christine Holmberg, Stuart Blume and Paul Greenough.
Date: 2017- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7
Date: Aug 1903 - Jul 1904Reference: WF/E/01/01/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd