News and Views
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Published Date
- November 8, 2013
The word spreads about ‘Reading at War’… even Tony Blackburn’s talking about it!
The Reading Connections project aims to develop community engagement through the creation of digital resources, oral histories, exhibitions around the theme…
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Published Date
- October 29, 2013
Readerships and literary cultures 1900-1950
Archivist Nancy Fulford reports back from the first of the University’s ‘Archives and Texts’ seminars. For information on the rest…
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Published Date
- October 23, 2013
Top Ten Treasures from the Archives: William Penn letter
Our collections richer than most people would imagine and cover a wide variety of subjects and historical periods. To give…
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Published Date
- October 18, 2013
MERL Seminar Series 2013: Women and the Countryside
Here at Special Collections, we’re linked to the collections and work of the Museum of English Rural Life. Our visitors…
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Published Date
- October 17, 2013
Turner Collection
This collection was moved back to Douai Abbey in September 2017. Please contact them for more information: http://www.douaiabbey.org.uk/ In the first…
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Published Date
- October 15, 2013
Ada Lovelace day: 15 October
Today is Ada Lovelace day, an annual celebration of achievements in science, technology, engineering and maths by women. Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was…
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Published Date
- October 9, 2013
Top Ten Treasures from the Archives: Henry II charter
Our collections richer than most people would imagine and cover a wide variety of subjects and historical periods. To give…
