News and Views
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Published Date
- 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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Published Date
- 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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Published Date
- 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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Published Date
- 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….
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Published Date
- January 15, 2015
Art and nature: Allen Seaby lecture and exhibition
In our last post we mentioned that we’re celebrating the centenary of Ladybird books, and we noted our BBC Breakfast…
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Published Date
- January 12, 2015
Celebrating 100 years of Ladybird
100 years ago in 1915, jobbing printer Wills & Hepworth published the very first Ladybird book in Loughborough. They soon…
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Published Date
- December 23, 2014
12 Days of Christmas roundup
It’s almost Christmas! That means good cheer, Christmas spirit and….a fight to the death competition?! Although technically the 12 days…
