Stories
- Article
Writing in remission
Reading the writings of the lifelong hypochondriac Jacques Derrida during lockdown, Brian Dillon realises his own health anxiety has become unusually subdued.
- Article
Writing back to authority
As she cuts up old doctors’ letters and uses them to compose absurd poems, Caroline Butterwick reflects on the catharsis of creation and proposes writing as a way to take back control.
- In pictures
Writing the language of music
The earliest surviving attempts to notate music date from the 10th century, and became increasingly precise and complex over the following millennium. Discover the visual beauty of music manuscripts through the ages, and how they help musicians interpret composers’ intentions.
- Article
What writing myself has revealed
Caroline Butterwick talks to two creators about how lived experience feeds their art, and reflects on her own year of writing about her life.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Writing in Healthcare: Some Events"
Date: 1996-1998Reference: ART/IOW/B/2/1Part of: Healing Arts, Isle of Wight- Archives and manuscripts
'Writing Future'
Date: 1978-1992Reference: PP/CRI/J/4/2/1Part of: Francis Crick (1916-2004): archives- Archives and manuscripts
'Writing Refusals'
Date: 1979-1995Reference: PP/CRI/J/4/2/2Part of: Francis Crick (1916-2004): archives- Archives and manuscripts
Writing on conscience
Date: 18th centuryReference: SA/HEB/A/2/2/1Part of: Heberden Collection- Archives and manuscripts
"Writing in Health"
Date: 1987-2003Reference: ART/AFH/A/23/26Part of: Arts for Health: archive