This week’s blog is about the fun we have had singing together, learning songs chosen from the undiscovered riches of the Library’s music holdings. We… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 24: Singing the Collections
For this week’s historical how-to, we return to the early 19th century with a book entitled, Sectum: the universal directory in the art of cutting,… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 23: Dressmaking
When I told my flock of hens they were going to take part in a Historical How-To and be fed an early 19th c poultry… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 22: An experiment in early 19th century hen-keeping
For this week’s historical how-to, we’re taking a look at David Browne’s The new invention, intituled, calligraphia: or, The arte of faire writing. Printed right… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 21: Calligraphy
When the idea for the 52 weeks of Historical How-To’s came to light I thought it made sense to explore the subject of ink. From… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s: Week 20, Iron Gall Ink
This week’s blog focuses upon one of the greatest works of the Enlightenment and 18th century – the Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot and Jean d’Alembert.… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 19: Diderot’s Encyclopédie and the art of making paper
This year Shrove Tuesday falls on Tuesday, 4th March. Naturally, there is only one thing I should cover in this week’s blog post…Pancakes, Pancakes, Pancakes!… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 18: Pancakes Pancakes Pancakes!
This week we have tried to bring together the kit that a soldier would have carried to the front on active service in World War… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 17: How to Pack for Active Service
For those of you who may have forgotten tomorrow is Valentine’s Day! There is much speculation about the origins of this holiday, whether it has… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 16: Valentine’s Day Cards
For this week’s entry of 52-Weeks of Historical How-To’s we are looking at the wet-plate collodion on glass photographic process. The invention of the collodion… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 15: The Wet Collodion Process
For this week’s Historical How-To post, we’re turning our eyes (and our lens!) to the 20th century for some inspirational portrait photography! We’re going to… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 14: Lighting a Portrait
Recipes from Meg Dods’ Cook and Housewife’s Manual have featured in a couple of earlier posts in this series, but Burns Night (25 January) provides… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 13: Burns Night
