News and Views
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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…
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- January 17, 2014
Seminar series: Archives and Texts
Spring Term 2014 Archives & Texts seminar series Spring Term 2014 Monday 27th January (wk 3) Professor Alexis Weedon and…
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- January 16, 2014
A snapshot of 19th Century publishing
Last summer volunteer Jenny Knight began work on the mammoth task of transcribing the indexes to the letter books of…
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- January 15, 2014
Top Ten Treasures from the Archives: Huntley and Palmers archive
Our collections richer than most people would imagine and cover a wide variety of subjects and historical periods. To give…
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- January 9, 2014
Enemies of the State: New acquisitions by Irish patriots
Special Collections has recently acquired three books that provide a Reading connection to Ireland’s early 20th-century troubles. The Enemies of…
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- January 8, 2014
Stunning new book jacket exhibition in our staircase hall
Written by Claire Wooldridge To celebrate the new year we have a vibrant new exhibition in our staircase hall. The exhibition…
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- January 7, 2014
OBE for Beckett expert
Welcome back! We start the new year with some exciting news for our Beckett scholars. Emeritus Professor Jim Knowlson was…
