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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…

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),…

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…

Published Date
February 14, 2018

Sex, Scandals and Censorship: Mirabeau’s Errotika Biblion

Written by Erika Delbecque, Special Collections Librarian Inconspicuous amongst the venerable old tomes on the shelves of our rare book…

Published Date
January 29, 2018

New Exhibition: The John and Griselda Lewis Printing Collection

The John and Griselda Lewis Printing Collection consists of over 20,000 examples of printed documents covering several centuries and a…

Published Date
November 17, 2017

Finding one of the oldest examples of printing in Britain: the story of the Caxton leaf

Written by Erika Delbecque, UMASCS Librarian, as part of the 2017 Being Human festival: Lost and Found. The leaf on my…

Published Date
October 24, 2017

Archive Animals- Ducks

Written by Bethan Davies, Trainee Liaison Librarian.  After a special visit from our friend Hodor from Reading University Library, we…

Published Date
September 15, 2017

New exhibition: From Italy to Britain: Winckelmann and the spread of neoclassical taste

Although Johann Joachim Winckelmann may not be a household name today, his influence on British art, design, and architecture was…

Published Date
September 6, 2017

#ReadaBookDay – Our top suggestions!

In celebration of #ReadABookDay, members of staff at The MERL and Special Collections have been sharing their favourite books from…