News and Views

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March 11, 2015

Ladybird by Design: Fascinating talk with Lawrence Zeegen

A fascinating talk by Lawrence Zeegen with a pop up exhibition was held last night to celebrate the centenary of…

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March 10, 2015

We the Humanities: A glimpse into our collections (and more)

Our very own Verity Burke, a PhD researcher in our collections-based research programme, is joining the international humanities Twitter account We…

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March 5, 2015

Happy World Book Day – 2015!

Happy World Book Day! Now in its 18th year, World Book Day aims to encourage children to explore the pleasures…

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February 27, 2015

Rural Reads Plus review: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

To celebrate 150 years since the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Rural Reads Plus chose the book for their…

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February 19, 2015

New exhibition of children’s books on farming

Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian If you are passing the University Library on the Whiteknights campus, please do have…

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February 6, 2015

In the spotlight: Coins continued – Gloriana to Victoriana

Georgia Charitou, intern from Greece, shares some further highlights from her work on the Stenton Coin Collection, which spans the 7th…

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January 28, 2015

In the spotlight: Bloodaxe, Vikings and other early coins

I am Georgia Charitou, and I am an intern from Greece, where I study at the University of Thessaly. For…

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January 22, 2015

Not strictly ballroom: Kon-Tiki and dancing the hula with Princess Margaret

This post comes from Brian Ryder, one of our volunteers here at Special Collections. Brian’s history with Reading collections is…

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January 19, 2015

New exhibition on early Venetian printing

Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian The year 2015 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Aldus Manutius (c….