Stories
- Book extract
Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
- Article
Pain and the power of activism
Today, women with endometriosis have more access to better information than ever before. Jaipreet Virdi applauds the shared stories, online communities and self-help books empowering women in pain.
- Book extract
The shape of thought
Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.
- Article
Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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John and Joan Gibson: medical recipe book
Gibson, John, fl.1634.Date: 1632-1717Reference: MS.311- Archives and manuscripts
English recipe book
Date: 18th centuryReference: MS.8818/1Part of: English recipe books, 18th-early 19th centuries- Archives and manuscripts
English recipe book
Date: 18th century - early 19th centuryReference: MS.8818/2Part of: English recipe books, 18th-early 19th centuries- Archives and manuscripts
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English culinary and medical recipe book, 18th century
Sheldon family, of Weston, WarwickshireDate: 18th centuryReference: MS.8468- Archives and manuscripts
English culinary and medical recipe book, 19th century
Bennett, John Whitchurch, 1808-1843Date: 1840-1853Reference: MS.9227