Reading the Collections, Week 8: John Buchan, The 39 Steps
The first time I came across The 39 Steps I was in London with my family. We were in Piccadilly Circus and thanks to my… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 8: John Buchan, The 39 Steps
Manuscript Collection
Reading the Collections, Week 4: Siegfried Sassoon, Poems
I am that man who with a luminous look Sits up at night to write a ruminant book. I am that man who with a… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 4: Siegfried Sassoon, Poems
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 52: A Special Scrapbook and Commonplace Book
We’ve sadly come to the end of our year long exploration of our collections. We’ve had tremendous fun getting to know obscure corners of our… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 52: A Special Scrapbook and Commonplace Book
Special Collections Visiting Scholars – Lang and the Works of Tolkien
Sharin Schroeder spent two weeks in our reading room in July as part of the 2014 Visiting Scholarship Programme. In this fascinating blog post, she explains how… Read More »Special Collections Visiting Scholars – Lang and the Works of Tolkien
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 47: To Make Yeast
For this week’s Historical How-To, I intended to look for a jam or jelly recipe to preserve the bumper crop of blackberries in the hedgerow… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 47: To Make Yeast
Special Collections Visiting Scholars – Friending Cicero
The moment you login to Facebook you are faced with an up-to-the-second archive of vacation photographs, pet videos, political screes, and daily frustrations of your… Read More »Special Collections Visiting Scholars – Friending Cicero
FOLLOWING HUGH CLEGHORN TO THE WESTERN HIMALAYA – PART III
Part III of Henry Noltie’s trip through the Western Himalayas: Sent 2nd September 2014 In a very rainy McLeod Ganj (which would better known as… Read More »FOLLOWING HUGH CLEGHORN TO THE WESTERN HIMALAYA – PART III
Following Hugh Cleghorn to the Western Himalaya – Part II
A few weeks ago we featured a guest blog from Henry Noltie who is currently retracing the journey of Hugh Cleghorn to the Western Himalaya (Following… Read More »Following Hugh Cleghorn to the Western Himalaya – Part II
Day 3. Flying fish and salt horse: seafaring tales
This series has now moved to a new blog, Serendipity. I hope you continue to follow the adventures of Richard Hobson here.
Day 2. Flying fish and salt horse: seafaring tales
Here’s Hobson’s entry for 31st July: Sunday. Captain, William and others came on board. at work all morning on the anchors, also wrote home. sweeping… Read More »Day 2. Flying fish and salt horse: seafaring tales
Flying fish and salt horse: seafaring tales
Today we are starting a new feature, a daily diary entry from the journal of 16 year old Richard Peele Hobson aboard the ship Philanthropist,… Read More »Flying fish and salt horse: seafaring tales
52 weeks of Historical How-to’s, week 36: A honeymoon trip through Perthshire
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