Corbet Stacey Catty and Caroline Gray were married at Carry’s home, 2 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, on 4th June 1856. Later that day they said farewell… Read More »52 weeks of Historical How-to’s, week 36: A honeymoon trip through Perthshire
This week’s Historical How-To comes from the papers of James David Forbes (1809-1868), who was Principal of the United Colleges of St Andrews University from… Read More »52 weeks of Historical How-to’s, week 35: knitted cap
This week’s blog takes a look at medicinal remedies. My attention was first drawn to The method of physick by Philip Barrough as it contains ‘the… Read More »52 weeks of Historical How-to’s, week 34: Headache remedy
Special Collections contains a number of publications and collected archives relating to the production and design of stained glass. As an aspiring stained glass artist… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 33: The Art of Stained Glass
For my daughter’s second birthday recently, I attempted to recreate Judith Kerr’s forgetful cat Mog in sponge cake and sugarpaste. This kind of novelty cake… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 32: ‘To make a Hedge Hog’
This week’s historical how-to takes a look at early vegetarian cooking. Although not a vegetarian myself, inspired by Vegetarian Week which has just passed, I… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 31: Vegetarian Hotch-Potch
When the idea for the Historical How-to’s series was first mooted both Norman and I immediately wondered how we might turn it into an excuse… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 30: A short mountain walk
This week we are shopping with the Anstruthers of Balcaskie, a family who have been in Fife since the 12th century, their seat being the… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 29: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick maker…..How To shop local
For this week’s how-to post, I’ve taken some inspiration from one of our quirkiest collections, that of the Reverend John Beveridge (1857-1943). Beveridge gifted his… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 28: translating 17th century verse into Esperanto
Four weeks ago, we described how to make a linen shift using the directions in Robert Byfield’s Sectum: the Universal Directory in the Art of… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 27: Embroidery
This week’s How-to post gave an excuse for our two departmental home-brewers, Marc and Daryl, to stretch their boundaries to adapt a strange recipe for… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 26: Brewing Scurvy Grass Ale!
Well, this week’s post has been more challenging than expected. It started life as a blog about decorating churches for Easter. Although I have no… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 25: Easter Baking
