Monthly Archives: February 2018

New Catalogues on the Archives Hub

Posted on 27/02/2018 by Katharine Short

              Thanks to the efforts of our Graduate Champion, Gursharan, we have several more new catalogues available on the Archives Hub. Here’s a round up – remember all of these collections are available for … Continue reading →

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#FolkloreThursday 08/02/2018: “the course of true love never did run smooth”

Posted on 08/02/2018 by Dr Natalie Hayton

For this week’s #FolkloreThurdsay #Love theme we thought we’d add an extra dimension of our own by sharing some of the symbolic representations of love we found while exploring our collections. As we know from any contemporary perfume advertisement, a … Continue reading →

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#FolkloreThursday meets #NationalStorytellingWeek

Posted on 01/02/2018 by Katharine Short

Today’s #FolkloreThursday theme is favourite fairy tales, in honour of #NationalStorytellingWeek! We were absolutely spoiled for choice with this theme, as we have such a wonderful collection of beautifully illustrated children’s stories. To start, a Walter Crane illustration for Sleeping … Continue reading →

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