52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 44: The Art of Horsemanship
For my last post I wanted to recreate something that I had a particularly keen interest in…horse riding. Having ridden since the age of 10 it seemed like a natural […]
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After working as User Experience and Communications Manager for the University's Library, Beth joined Digital Communications as Senior Web Content Editor in 2023. As a content editor, Beth will work with colleagues across the University to develop online information and improve user experience. She has an avid interest in travel, art and golden retrievers.
Following Hugh Cleghorn to the Western Himalaya – Part II
A few weeks ago we featured a guest blog from Henry Noltie who is currently retracing the journey of Hugh Cleghorn to the Western Himalaya (Following Hugh Cleghorn to the Western […]
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 43: How to Play Golf
While the 250,000 photographs within the Lawrence Levy Collection comprise a sizeable chunk of the Special Collections’ golf holdings, the other photographs and books hold many precious gems. One of […]
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 41: Drawing with a Camera Lucida
Back before the days of photography, society relied on the ‘artist’s impression’ to see people they would never meet or places they would never go. Artists used drawing aids such as mirrors, prisms, lenses, and camera…
Create Your Own Online Reading List – More Sessions Added!
Missed the deadline to get the library to create your reading list? Want to set up an online reading list for your module? Need to have chapters and articles digitised? Sign up for a Library-run training session at our…
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 40: lace making
This week’s historical how-to relates to my own interest as a bobbin lace maker and a curiosity…
Library open until 10pm for next two weekends!
In order to help support Postgraduate students and those finishing up their dissertations, we have extended our weekend opening hours to 1000-2200 for the 9th-10th and 16th-17th August! Weekdays we are open…
Following Hugh Cleghorn to the Western Himalaya
Another in our occasional series of blogs from those using our collections in our Reading Room … For about five years I have been working on the life and work […]
Day 3. Flying fish and salt horse: seafaring tales
This series has now moved to a new blog, Serendipity. I hope you continue to follow the adventures of Richard Hobson here.Filed under: Uncategorized
Day 2. Flying fish and salt horse: seafaring tales
Here’s Hobson’s entry for 31st July: Sunday. Captain, William and others came on board. at work all morning on the anchors, also wrote home. sweeping a little and reading the […]