Stories
- Book extract
Inside the Cold War mind
Martin Sixsmith explores the competing national psyches of Russia and America, and a world divided between their irreconcilable visions of human nature.
- Article
Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
- Article
Going viral in the online anti-vaccine wars
‘Anti-vaxxers’ are taking their message online using powerful images as well as words. But is the pro campaigners’ response any better?
- Article
The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Medical History of the War
Date: June 1920 - January 1922Reference: GC/42/5Part of: Elliott, Professor Thomas Renton- Archives and manuscripts
Medical History of the War - Jaundice
Date: 1943-1945Reference: PP/JRH/C/34Part of: Hutchinson, James Randal (c. 1880-1955) and Bradley, William Henry (1898-1975)- Archives and manuscripts
'History of Wellcome Research Laboratories - II'
Date: c.1930s-c.1970Reference: WF/M/H/08/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Brentwood: World War II display boards
Date: late 20th centuryReference: SA/HHC/D/5/1/5Part of: Harrison-Howell Blood Transfusion Collection- Books
- Online
The american geography; or, a view of the present situation of the United States of America. Containing astronomical geography; geographical definitions, discovery, and general description Of their Boundaries; Mountains; Lakes; Bays, and Rivers; Natural History; Production; Population; Government; Agriculture; Commerce; Manufactures; and History. - A concise account of the War, and of the important Events which have succeeded: A Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, the Territory South of Ohio, and Vermong: Of their Extent; Civil Divisions; Chief Towns; Climates; Soils; Trade; Character; Constitutions; Courts of Justice; Colleges; Academies; Religion; Islands; Indians; Literary and Humane Societies; Springs; Curiosities; Histories; Mines; Minerals; Military Strength, &c. With a view of the British, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Dutch Dominions, on the Continent, and in the West Indies. By Jedidiah Morse, A.M.
Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.Date: 1794