Katie Halsey – Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

The Midway Point

We are now at the midway point of the Books and Borrowing project! We are eighteen months in, with eighteen[…]

As the festive season approaches, I thought I would write something to get us all in the mood for Christmas.[…]

I’ve long been fascinated by the idea of a salon – and the women who ran salons in the eighteenth[…]

The Books and Borrowing team were all saddened to hear of the recent death of William St Clair. In what[…]

Like Harriot Byron, I ask, what am I to do with my gratitude? I can do nothing but thank you[…]

News that archives and libraries are now able to re-open has been enormously welcome to the whole project team as[…]

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

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

Just before Christmas, I wrote the second of the project’s progress reports, designed to bring the members of our Advisory[…]

Last week saw the project team join forces with our friends at the Libraries, Reading Communities and Cultural Formation in[…]