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September 27, 2023
‘BLAST’ – a journal that will ‘try and brave the waves of blood, for the serious mission it has on the other side of World-War’ TAGS: 'Blast' | Vorticism | Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) ‘…THIS PUCE-COLOURED COCKLESHELL […] HAS TO SPRING UP AGAIN WITH NEW QUESTIONS AND BEAUTIES WHEN EUROPE HAS DISPOSED OF ITS DIFFICULTIES…’ These were the words of Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), editor …Continue reading →
A Scottish Witness of the Great Kantō Earthquake
To mark the centenary of the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923, we are publishing a...
Come Hither: Walter de la Mare and the Young of All Ages
The English writer Walter de la Mare was born 150 years ago this week on...
Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings
In the first post of this two part series, our Collection Care Technician, Robyn Rogers,...
The Book Surgery Part 2: Bringing Everything Together
In this blog, Project Conservator Mhairi Boyle her second day of in-situ book conservation training...
