Stories
- In pictures
Tree of life
Ross MacFarlane traces the ideas around Charles Darwin’s famous ‘Tree of Life’, both back to the Bible, and forward to its appropriation by the proponents of eugenics.
- In pictures
The cinchona tree, malaria and colonisation
Ever since the discovery of cinchona bark as a treatment for malaria in 17th-century South America, the cinchona tree has accompanied European colonisation around the world. Kim Walker tracks the human and ecological impact of this global commodity.
- Article
Ancestry, privacy and the family tree
Wanting to find out more about her Jamaican grandfather, Tanya Perdikou contemplates DNA testing. But first she has to consider the potential impact of unexpected results.
- In pictures
From cacao to chocolate
Discover how chocolate morphed from a prized, spiritually significant commodity to a quasi-medicine, and finally to the sweet treat we eat almost daily.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Tree planting, occasion not clear
Date: Mid 1930sReference: RET 1/8/7/18/2Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Tree Plantings
Date: 1910 - c 1930sReference: RET 1/8/7/18Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Tree in Blossom
Amiss, Audrey, 1933-2013Date: c.1981Reference: PP/AMI/C/3/4/1Part of: Audrey Amiss Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Tree, Poynders Road
Amiss, Audrey, 1933-2013Date: 1988Reference: PP/AMI/C/3/14/4Part of: Audrey Amiss Archive
- Pictures
- Online
Tree of life.
Charnley, Bryan, 1949-1991Date: [1989]Reference: 3049682i
