Where there is tea, there is hope TAGS: happylibrary Everyone uses different things to relax. For around two hundred years, a popular way to take a break has been to have a cup of tea. In fact, this website suggests …Continue reading →

100 Great Ideas TAGS: happylibrary We’re always thinking of ways to improve the library, and today we’ve been asking for your ideas.  As part of Innovative Learning Week, we’ve been in the foyer today trying …Continue reading →

All you need is library love TAGS: happylibrary As Valentine’s Day approaches this weekend, we want to let all students know that their library loves them! We were down in the Library Foyer today handing out origami hearts …Continue reading →

A Suffragette Belt TAGS: Edinburgh | Politics | Suffrage The CRC has recently acquired a rare belt previously owned by a Scottish suffragette. The belt has already been attracting lots of interest on Twitter so we’ve been exploring where …Continue reading →

Mockingbirds and Cuckoos TAGS: happylibrary The library’s most borrowed books are all textbooks. Of course it is important that our library acts as a resource, but what can it offer you after you have completed …Continue reading →

What can your library do for you? TAGS: happylibrary Did you know that reading is one of the best ways to relax? Even as little as six minutes of quiet reading can be enough to make a difference! The …Continue reading →

Playfair Revealed The architect William Henry Playfair was born in Russell Square, London, July 1789. On the death of his father, Playfair was sent to reside with his uncle in Edinburgh. Professor …Continue reading →

German prisoners in Britain, 1916 – at Donington Hall near Derby, in Dorchester, in Handforth, and at Eastcote TAGS: Donington Hall | Dorchester | Eastcote | Handforth | prisoners of war | Württemberg War Exhibition 1916 IMAGES FROM A BOOK IN OUR COLLECTIONS ENTITLED GERMAN PRISONERS IN GREAT BRITAIN (published circa 1916 by Tillotson & Son Ltd., Printers, Bolton & London) The photographs in the volume …Continue reading →

Illustrations of ceramic vessels used in the Japanese Tea Ceremony, or ‘chanoyu’ RECENT ACQUISITION OF 19th CENTURY ILLUSTRATED JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT Recently arrived in to the holdings of the Centre for Research Collections (CRC) is this profusely illustrated manuscript devoted to the …Continue reading →

Hugh MacDiarmid introduces Lewis Grassic Gibbon (John Leslie Mitchell 1901-1935), author of ‘Sunset Song’, to publisher Stanley Nott FROM LETTERS IN THE HUGH MACDIARMID (C. M. GRIEVE) COLLECTIONS HERE AT EDINBURGH During this 80th anniversary of his early death, a new film adaptation of Sunset Song by Lewis …Continue reading →