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19 results for
subjects:"Green"
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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?
Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards
Writer development programme for unpublished and unagented non-fiction writers returns for a second year.
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
Exhibition highlight tour
1880 THAT: Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader audio highlight tour
This playful exhibition of new and existing works by artists Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader explores sign language and the right to communicate.
Exhibition highlight tour
1880 THAT: Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader British Sign Language tour
This playful exhibition of new and existing works by artists Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader explores sign language and the right to communicate.
Wellcome Collection exhibitions and books programme for 2026
In 2025, Wellcome Collection will present two major exhibitions around the themes of sign language and freshwater, as well a BSL themed film installation and a display based on our zines collection.
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Conflicted and confused about lithium
Covid-19 left Laura Grace Simpkins out of work and living back with her parents. She now had time to restart her research into her medication, but was she mad to continue?
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Laughing at disaster
If joking around can help us cope when the worst happens, could comedy be a useful way to connect on climate change?
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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Air of threat
Novelist Chloe Aridjis vividly describes the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico City, as a combination of topography, crowded neighbourhoods, and reckless political diktats create a downward spiral.
Love Letters to a Liveable Future
‘Love Letters to a Liveable Future’ takes the challenge of the climate crisis and offers the dream space to imagine how we would like our world to be different: one that foregrounds the health, wellbeing and future of all living creatures.
In the Air
In May 2022, Wellcome Collection opens ‘In the Air’, a new exhibition exploring our relationship with air and what it tells us about the health of our planet.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Active pensioners, blooming gardens
To reach your 70s with over 300,000 Twitter followers or running a music festival is not the stereotypical image of retirement. But does this energetic engagement with life equal happiness?
Exhibition highlight tour
Thirst: In Search of Freshwater audio highlight tour
This exhibition explores humanity’s vital connection with freshwater – an essential source of life and pillar of good health for people and planet.
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Audrey and her family
In working on Audrey Amiss’s archive, Elena is getting closer to understanding her. But the way her niece and nephew remember Audrey adds essential detail to the picture.
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‘My Hair Is Not…’
Eight Black people talk about their relationship with their hair – their hairstyle history, their experiences, and how they decided to have natural hair.
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The Coming of Age exhibition text
Our new exhibition explores experiences and perceptions of ageing, from adolescence to older age, and asks how societies can adapt to ensure everyone ages better.
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Thirst: In Search of Freshwater exhibition text
This exhibition explores humanity’s vital connection with freshwater – an essential source of life and pillar of good health for people and planet.
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