Books – Page 3 – Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

Return from Orkney

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

by Jacqueline Kennard I’m thrilled about my temporary placement with Books and Borrowing and to be writing my first blog[…]

Innerpeffray Library has now re-opened to visitors! After a longer than usual winter closure period due to lockdown and Covid-19[…]

In each of our weekly meetings for Books and Borrowing, we talk a bit about what we’ve been noticing in[…]

We were delighted to report on a milestone on Twitter for our project last month: We have now taken delivery[…]

Craigston Castle’s ‘Koran’ is far from spectacular but as is so often the case with older books, appearances are deceptive.[…]

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

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

“The war which had desolated Scotland was now at an end. Ambition seemed satiated; and the vanquished, after passing under[…]

Walter Scott’s novels typically feature at least one central character who has been conspicuously shaped by their reading and/or by[…]