News and Views
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Published Date
- March 5, 2014
From Love to Real Farmhouse Cheese (via the Crystal Palace): wonderful new collections based art on display
The remarkably diverse collections held by the University of Reading’s Special Collections service and MERL are currently being celebrated with…
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Published Date
- February 20, 2014
Love it or hate it? Mills and Boon at Reading
Today’s guest post from Judith Watts explores our Mills & Boon Collection. Judith is studying for her PhD as part of…
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Published Date
- February 14, 2014
Steamy Sentences from Mills and Boon
Tired of hearts and roses for Valentine’s Day? Delve into the Mills and Boon world of innuendo instead! Boon Mots:…
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Published Date
- February 12, 2014
Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!
Guest post from Dr John Holmes, Associate Professor in English Literature at the University of Reading, to celebrate Darwin Day: a global celebration…
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Published Date
- February 11, 2014
Italy at War: New staircase hall exhibition
Our fascinating new ‘Italy at War’ exhibition is now in place in our staircase hall. Archival material from the Special…
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Published Date
- January 31, 2014
New display at the University of Reading Library
Items from the Leo Cooper archive of military history publishing feature in a new display at the University of Reading Library….
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Published Date
- January 30, 2014
Polar vortex? An explorer, a biscuit and the South Pole
As the world freezes over (well, part of it – Reading is recovering from floods, not frost!), we thought it…
