Taming the Leviathan
Contributing to a blog named ‘Serendipity’ seems very appropriate today.
As I went into the archive stacks this morning, with my list of reference numbers, ready to find some correspondence between Sir D’Arcy…
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Day 264. Flying fish and salt horse: a seafaring tale
20th April 1860:
Friday 20th. Aboard the Deodar, Finchley and…
Day 263. Flying fish and salt horse: a seafaring tale
19th April 1860:
Thursday 19th. Lending the Deodar a hand to haul…
Day 261. Flying fish and salt horse: a seafaring tale
17th April 1860:
Tuesday 17th. Aboard the Wressel…
Ladder of love
This is another find from the Maitland Dougall trunk. It’s a paper ladder, carefully cut out, with a heart at the top. One side is labelled ‘Ascent’ and each step on the ladder records the stages of falling in…
Special Collections plays part in launch of University CD label
Sunday 12 April 2015 saw a fantastic concert in St Salvator’s Chapel to launch ‘Sanctiandree’, the first CD label established by a Scottish University. The CD ‘Salvator Mundi – the […]
Day 260. Flying fish and salt horse: a seafaring tale
16th April 1860:
Monday 16th. Ashore in the morning. Matilda afternoon.
Reading the Collections, Week 11: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Having just been on holiday to the Lake District with its numerous literary connections, and having visited several of the places relating to the children’s stories of Beatrix Potter and […]