Poster for the event. Features backdrop images of anatomical imagery from historic texts and highlights the date - 23rd April 2026 and the times for each session. 09.20am at the RSL then 2.30pm at the Weston Library

The Anatomy Uncovered event is now only a couple of days away so this is the final call to book your place. A completely unique opportunity to see a specially curated collection of historic anatomy books and enjoy expert talks to help contextualise the viewing experience

go.glam.ox.ac.uk/anato

I initially read this as ‘Lama Rock’.

I'm in it too 😎

A picture of a rather dilapidated copy of "The picture of Dorian Gray" There is visible water damage to the cover and the plastic cover is yellowing. Obviously, not evident from the picture but there is a truly foul musty smell emanating from it!

Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic!
Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....

Due to popular demand, we have added additional spaces for the roundtable discussion in memory of Helen Carr

The event is free to attend and open to all, however, it is essential to register to secure your spot

BOOK NOW: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

A hand painted glass negative of red tulips with pale green leaves, the bulbs poking through the soil in a shallow pot

A hand painted glass negative of two pink tulips in flower and a third yet to flower

A hand painted glass negative of a single red and single white tulip

A hand painted glass negative of five red tulips growing in a shallow floral dish

Tulips have brought colour and joy to April for centuries.

These hand-coloured glass plate negatives showcase a variety of tulip displays in the 1920s / 1930s. 🌷🎨

They were donated by the Wakefield Paxton Society in the 1980s.

#Tulips #TulipSeason

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!

Today’s episode in our series about how George Orwell tried to make sense of WW2 as it was happening looks at 1940 and 1941, from the collapse of France to Hitler’s invasion of Russia. How close did Britain get to revolution in the summer of 1940?

Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

Male and female using a computer.

You can now access electronic legal deposit journal issues, journal articles and books catalogued before October 2023 using the PCs in our Reading Rooms.
Find out more about what content is available and how to access it here: link.bl.uk/9kt

And to read more, you can purchase the Bodleian publication ‘Titanic Calling’ here:

A poster with a green background. The text reads: A Lifetime's Theatre Going: An exhibition of theatre programmes from the 1930s onwards. 13th April-25th April during library opening hours. Pittenweem Community Library and Information Centre, Cove Wynd.

We have a new display in the library! Pop in to check out all the historical theatre memorabilia, including some war time gems and a lot of local nostalgia too! (Admission free) This display will be up until 25th April.

#trees

OTD 1912 RMS Titanic leaves berth 44, White Star Dock Southampton after taking on passengers, most of whom arrive at the Ocean Terminal train station. Ordnance Survey map from 1919, plan of Southampton Docks 1962. On route hundreds of nautical miles away the icebergs lie in wait @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Robert Elms - 22/03/2026 - BBC Sounds Everything you need to know about London from architecture to accents and great music.

Great to talk to Robert Elms on BBC Radio London about my new book Slumlord: Peter Rachman and the Postwar London Underworld- if you'd like to listen my bit starts at 36.15 mins in-
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
And Slumlord is available to buy from all good booksellers! @BBCRadioLondon @IconBooks

For this theme we wanted to update you on the team’s progress with the Newport Rugby and Athletic Club collection which was the focus of our Collections week in January.
#Archive30 #CataloguingCollections

Punk masks, Walkmans and Choppers: Museum of Youth Culture to open in London Opening in May, Camden museum has 100,000-item archive telling story of British youth subcultures, from mods and rockers, to ravers and emo

Punk masks, Walkmans and Choppers: Museum of Youth Culture to open in London.
Opening in May, Camden museum has 100,000-item archive telling story of British youth subcultures, from mods and rockers, to ravers and emo.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... via @theguardian.com

This is terrific news!

So important to have a history of the fight for equal franchise and universal suffrage post-1918 and to celebrate the centenary of the passing of the Equal Franchise Act in 1928.

Congratulations @satisfactory20.bsky.social!

Funding secured to protect Dorset's 1,000-year-old archives The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded £600,000 to Dorset History Centre.

Good news!

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded over £600,000 to Dorset History Centre. ‘The DHC will be given an initial funding amount of £603,777 to help it progress its plans before applying for a full grant of £3.8m.’

#Dorset #Archives

#trees

16 million historic records from Yorkshire made available online Newly digitised archives include parish registers, wills and fascinating personal testimonies.

In case you missed it, we had an eventful Easter! 16 million of our records, including our massive collection of wills, are now available to search and view on Ancestry.com (and can be accessed for free onsite at the Borthwick).

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On BBC Breakfast now: a boy who went on Swap Shop in 1981 to celebrate being the youngest person to visit all 92 football league grounds. He’s just finished visiting all 2,000+ non-league grounds, and they Zoomed John Craven in to talk to him again, just as he did 45 years ago. Heartwarming stuff.

We have leaflets #palaeography #Skystorians

Looking forward to #Uncanny cold cases!

Tours, 2019

Blog single | The Royal Berkshire Archives

Ever wondered who was imprisoned in the #ArchiveBuildings at Reading Gaol alongside Oscar Wilde? Our new blog series, 'Imprisoned with Oscar', seeks to answer this question. The first blog about Michael Ostrog is available to read now bit.ly/4bL0rYZ #EYACrime #Archive30

Brilliant blogpost by Péter Tóth on some of the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk's papyri: how to hire a wetnurse, why gravedigger families are fascinating, and much more blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/...

A woman sits at a computer monitor holding a hand-written document. Another woman stands next to her, also holding the document and pointing at a particular section with a pencil.

The International Council on Archives’ Climate Change Working Group has opened a global questionnaire exploring the effects of climate change on archives and recordkeeping practices 🌍

Take part here by Wednesday 22 April: icarchives.limequery.org/528765?lang=en

Check the date…

It’s a glorious old day out there today. Some views never get tired.

Good to see Penguin reissuing these later in the year: www.penguin.co.uk/authors/3286...

#OtD 26 Mar 1969 the famous reclusive anarchist and working-class novelist, B. Traven, died. Famous for writing "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," he also wrote "The Death Ship," arguably one of the best books about workers in the shipping industry stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9848...