• Periods: Freedom4Girls

    Below is an edited version of a speech given by Lucy Neal from Freedom4Girls at the opening of our exhibition,...

  • Should we edit human genomes? (Part 2)

    Written by Sandy Starr, Deputy Director, Progress Educational Trust In Part 1 of this blog, I explained that genome editing...

  • Should we edit human genomes? (Part 1)

    Written by Sandy Starr, Deputy Director, Progress Educational Trust Genome editing is an increasingly powerful technology in fields including medicine...

  • Can Robots Care?

    Written by Dr Amelia De Falco, Associate Professor of Medical Humanities, Unversity of leeds Introducing Care Robots A care robot...

  • Meet the Matron: Heritage Open Day’s ‘Gruel and Graft’

    Written by Laura Bailo, Visitor Experience Volunteer For months now, I have been a visitor experience volunteer at the Thackray...

  • Edible Leeds – Guest Blog

    Written by Louise Birch, Senior Librarian at Leeds Libraries As the summer recedes and changing leaves signify autumns approach it...

  • Leeds Union Workhouse: Inmate in Focus – Mary Peddlestone

    The More Than Oliver Twist project (2019-2021) was a nationwide research project lead by the Subject Specialist Network, The Workhouse...

  • The evolution of the condom

    Before Latex, there was sheep guts. We unwrap the intriguing history of the condom.  Condom – A thin rubber sheath...

  • What saved Christian Eriksen?

      Nobody expected during the opening days of the Euros that a professional footballer, who by most people’s standards, is...