In the spotlight: Robert Hooke’s Micrographia (1665)
This year marks the 350th anniversary of the publication of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon (London : Printed by J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665). This ground breaking book of microscopy was written by Robert Hooke (1635-1703). Today is the 380th anniversary […]
‘What does a poet need to be successful?’: Alun Lewis (1915-1944) in the spotlight
This post comes from Brian Ryder, one of our volunteers here at Special Collections. Brian’s history with Reading collections is a long one; he used to be one of our project cataloguers and is now working his way through the Routledge & Kegan Paul archive. Here, upon the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alun Lewis, […]