News and Views
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Published Date
- January 16, 2017
‘Carnivals on the water’ : the Thames Frost Fairs
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian Behold the wonder of this present age, A famous river now becomes a stage….
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Published Date
- December 22, 2016
Travel Thursday – Frederick de Wit’s Atlas
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian In seventeenth-century Europe, no library would be considered complete without a pair of globes…
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Published Date
- November 17, 2016
Adventurous of Mind, Young at Heart: Herbert Leader Hawkins
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian The University of Reading’s Special Collections Service is home to the fascinating papers and…
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Published Date
- November 3, 2016
Topsell’s Fantastic Four-Footed Beasts
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian Edward Topsell, a Church of England clergyman, was born in Kent in 1572…
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Published Date
- October 25, 2016
Fragments of medieval manuscripts
Unknown to many members of the public, Special Collections holds an intriguing assortment of medieval manuscript fragments. They are part…
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Published Date
- October 20, 2016
Travel Thursday – The Great New York
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian One of the world’s top tourist destinations, New York has been attracting travellers…
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Published Date
- August 24, 2016
Ready, Set, Bake: Recipes from the 18th and 19th Century
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian In honour of the return of much loved T.V. show ‘The Great British…
