News and Views
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Published Date
- July 16, 2018
Celebrating 50 Years of Bringing Children and Books Together
The Federation of Children’s Book Groups is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Founded in 1968 by parent, teacher and…
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Published Date
- May 19, 2018
Born on this day? The strange case of Nancy Astor’s birthday
This weekend we celebrate Nancy Astor’s birthday, said to be on the 19th May. But is there more to this…
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Published Date
- May 14, 2018
A selection of Royal Wedding Cakes from Huntley & Palmers
Inspired by the “Royal Wedding Fever” surrounding the upcoming nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Librarian Bethan Davies takes…
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Published Date
- April 25, 2018
Book Covers and Robinsonades: Exploring the Crusoe Collection
This month’s blog post was written by Chloe Wallaker, a final year BA English Literature and Film student at the…
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Published Date
- April 16, 2018
Return of the Red Rose
The Gild of the Red Rose was a literature and theatre society founded in 1897, by W.M. Childs. The group…
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Published Date
- March 19, 2018
From Artistotle to Anatomy and the tongue of a woodpecker… Digitising the Cole photographic records
In today’s blog post, Tim and Ceri discuss their progress in digitising the glass lantern negatives created by Professor F J Cole(1872-1959),…
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Published Date
- February 27, 2018
Michael Mitchell (1939–2017)
We were sad to hear that Michael Mitchell, one of England’s most noted fine typographers, passed away last week. Founder…