Stories
- Article
What our facial hair says about us
Five bearded and moustachioed men choose five hirsute archive images to help them reflect on the way facial hair is linked with personality and identity.
- Article
The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
- Article
How music opens the doors of memory and the mind
People living with dementia can often still listen, perform or move to music. What does this tell us about how memories are formed?
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Jenner family and associated individuals
Black familyDate: 1680-1877Reference: MSS.1180-1218, 1233, 1271, 2048-2069, 2802-2819, 3014-3072, 3587-3588, 3662-3663, 4220, 4257, 4302-4306, 4487-4489, 5222-5249 and 7966- Archives and manuscripts
Jenner family wills
Jenner, Robert Fitzhardinge, 1797-1854Date: c. 1870Reference: MS.3030Part of: Jenner family and associated individuals- Archives and manuscripts
General Jenner family material
Date: 1680-c.1870Reference: MSS.3030, 3071-3072, 5222-5223, 5243 and 5249Part of: Jenner family and associated individuals- Archives and manuscripts
Reverend Henry Jenner (1737-1798) and Henry Jenner (1767-1851), MD
Jenner, Henry, 1737-1798.Date: 1774-1792Reference: MS.5227Part of: Jenner family and associated individuals- Archives and manuscripts
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Elizabeth Jenner
Jenner, ElizabethDate: 1706Reference: MS.3029Part of: Jenner family and associated individuals