March 2021 – Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

A Painted Literary Parthenon for the Athens of the North

Any keeper of books will know that space is always at a premium and by the late 1790s, two Edinburgh[…]

To mark Women’s History Month, we’re running a series of blogs to highlight the women who wrote and borrowed the[…]

Cuchullin sat by Tura’s wall; by the tree of the rustling leaf.—His spear leaned against the mossy rock. His shield[…]

Today is International Women’s Day, and so I have been reflecting on the women in our records. I thought I[…]

The Books and Borrowing Project is pleased to announce the project’s first public event, to be held at the famous[…]

Today, Thursday 4 March 2021, we celebrate World Book Day with a look at some of the favourite books in[…]

By Kelsey Jackson Williams Not many people today would recognise the Bannatyne Club if you mentioned it in casual conversation,[…]