News and Views
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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…
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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…
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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…