News and Views
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Published Date
- January 14, 2016
Travel Thursday – Egypt and Nubia
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian This Travel Thursday post features the masterful landscape illustrations of Scottish painter and…
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Published Date
- December 24, 2015
Travel Thursday: Farthest North
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian In honour of Christmas and the annual travels of Santa Claus, this week’s…
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Published Date
- December 22, 2015
Reading Readers – Jeremy
One of our volunteers, Jeremy, tells us about how an encounter with a book of remembrance in the archive has…
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Published Date
- December 18, 2015
Another chance to see the ‘Voice of the Stars’ almanacs exhibition
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian If you missed the exhibition of almanacs at the Special Collections Service earlier this…
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Published Date
- December 17, 2015
Travel Thursday: John Arrowsmith
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian Born in 1790 in County Durham, John Arrowsmith moved to London at the…
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Published Date
- December 16, 2015
Nancy Astor: Reading and Parliamentary Archives collaborate on exciting new project
Special Collections are delighted to have been supporting this collaborative project, which celebrates the parliamentary career of Nancy Astor. We…
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Published Date
- December 15, 2015
Christmas Cards – The John Lewis Printing Collection
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian Our lovely John Lewis Printing Collection comes complete with a fabulous and fun…
