BMJ 2007;334:495 (10 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.39146.630775.DB
News
Looking at life and death
Annabel Ferriman
London
| The first 100% of the full text of this article appears below. |
This figure is a memento mori ("remember that you must die") figure from 1800, used for spiritual contemplation. It is just one of the million objects from across the globe collected by Sir Henry Wellcome, the pharmacist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who founded the Wellcome Trust.
It will be on show at a public event in London on Thursday, to publicise and celebrate the opening later this year of the Wellcome Collection, a new £30m public venue for the Wellcome Trust. The event, which includes the showing of a specially commissioned short film, and the sampling of life affirming food and drink, such as chilli chocolate and tequila, will explore the fine line between life and death.
A Matter of Life and Death is being held on 15 March 2007, 19 30-22 00, at Shoreditch Town Hall, London. Tickets are free. Book in advance by emailing events@wellcome.ac.uk
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
StumbleUpon 
Technorati What's this?
This Article
- Full text
- Respond to this article
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when responses are posted
- Alert me when a correction is posted
Services
- Email this article to a friend
- Find similar articles in BMJ
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Related Content
Bookmark with
What's new
Latest blogs
Find BMJ on:
Services
Tools
Online poll
Resources
Rapid responses for this article
There are no rapid responses for this article. Print issues
