RCP’s Katie Birkwood (Rare Books & Special Collections Librarian) and Felix Lancashire (Assistant Archivist) discuss their favourite objects of the London exhibition.
RCP’s Catch Your Breath
Explore this unique version of the Catch Your Breath exhibition and its collections at the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Botanicals for Breathlessness
The Royal College of Physicians’ medicinal garden is home to a variety of plants used to cure different respiratory illnesses.
The Soundscape
Life of Breath researcher, music therapist & mindful yoga therapist Kate Binnie discusses her recorded piece ‘The Soundscape’.
The Book of Jo
Theatre maker Viv Gordon explains how she came to create her theatre work The Book of Jo.
‘The Secret’ & ‘To Breathe’
Films created by our writer-in-residence Christy Ducker in collaboration with filmmaker Kate Sweeney.
We come here for fun!
Watch the premiere of ‘The Singing Hospital’, composed by Victoria Hume to celebrate ten years of Singing for Breathing at Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust.
Ohmerometer II
Project Officer Jade talks about North East-based artists Helen Collard and Alistair MacDonald’s art commission and installation ‘Ohmerometer II’.
Making the Invisible Visible
Writer-in-Residence Christy Ducker writes about the poetry workshop process, and posts some of the public’s poems.
Sharing the Unshareable
As part of her residency, Christy Ducker ran a series of writing workshops with Durham and Derwentside Breathe Easy.
Making ‘Still/Breathing’
North East based filmmaker Matt James Smith discusses the changing process behind his short film ‘Still/Breathing’, commissioned for Catch Your Breath by Life of Breath.
Catch Your Breath moves to London
As our exhibition opens in London find out what to expect and how it differs from Durham.
What’s in a name?
Find out why we chose ‘Catch Your Breath’ as the name for this exhibition.
Time to catch our breath…
After two years of preparation and four busy months, our Durham exhibition draws to a close this week. Curator David Wright reflects.
Catch Your Breath Jukebox
Listen to our breath-inspired Spotify playlist.
‘Sing Sweetly for Tobacco’
Project Manager Sarah looks at some of the work by Life of Breath researcher Prof Andrew Russell.
Johanna Under The Ice
‘Johanna Under The Ice’ by Ian Derry is both beautiful and terrifying.
Breathtaking Books
One of the curator’s hardest jobs is choosing what not to include in an exhibition. Find out what we couldn’t include from Palace Green Library’s archives.
Air Transformed
These striking objects by Miriam Quick and Stefanie Posavec represent air pollution data.
Still/Breathing
Project Manager Sarah talks about the Life of Breath commissioned film ‘Still/Breathing’ by Matt Smith.