Blog

Author: Ruth Blue

Show Navigation

Ruth Blue

Ruth Blue is Assistant Curator in the Moving Image and Sound Collection at the Wellcome Library.

  • Thalidomide: an oral history

    28/04/2015

    To mark the 50th anniversary of the withdrawal of the drug thalidomide from sale the UK in 2012, Professor Anne Borsay of Swansea University embarked on a project to collect oral testimonies from a cross-section of the thalidomide population. I… Continue reading

  • Thalidomide: A Human Tragedy?

    24/05/2012

      This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the withdrawal of the drug thalidomide from the market. A number of events are planned to coincide with this date including, tonight, an evening event in Wellcome Collection under the above title,… Continue reading