The War Injured Child

An antidote to throwaway culture, The Repair Shop’s second series shines a light on the wonderful treasures to be found in homes across the country.

This is a charity initiative. All proceeds go to our partners: War Child, Amnesty International, Liberty Ukraine, and Indie Games Poland Foundation.

Mysteries in the archives, ten investigations into ten events of the twentieth century that have marked our memory and our imagination.

Is it possible to achieve peak physical health without a gym, workout equipment, or even space to run? If the exercise plan in 1945's Return to Life Through Contrology is followed, it may be. Written and compiled by Joseph H. Pilates and William J. Miller, this short exercise book demonstrates a series of movements at the core of what we now call simply "Pilates." Before it became mainstream, the practice was called Contrology, and it was much simpler than its current, equipment-heavy iteration.