Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian This Travel Thursday post features the masterful landscape illustrations of Scottish painter and traveller, David Roberts. Presented in six volumes, both ‘The Holy […]

Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian In honour of Christmas and the annual travels of Santa Claus, this week’s Travel Thursday features an expedition to the North Pole! The […]

Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian Born in 1790 in County Durham, John Arrowsmith moved to London at the age of 20 to work under the tutelage of his […]

Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian On alternate Thursdays for the next few months we will be exploring some of UMASCS collections’ fascinating atlases, maps and travel journals. The […]

Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian The Rider’s British Merlin is a charming almanac featuring a variety of ‘delightful and useful’ information.  Important calendar dates; notes on the weather, […]

Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian Happy Halloween!  To celebrate the spookiest day of the year here is a special find from our collections: The ‘De Occulta Philosophia Libri […]

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 : […]