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I wrote this post for the Peterhouse Perne and Ward Libraries blog.  It is cross-posted from there with their kind permission. 28 May saw...

Regular readers of this blog (if there are any, I should apologise to them for my long silence) will be familiar with the story of King...

This post is cross-posted from the blog of the Adler Planetarium, Chicago, USA.  It was written after a research visit I made to the...

I was pleased to be able to speak at (and help organise) the Connecting with Collections Symposium a few weeks ago.  That event showcased...

I wrote this post for the blog of the 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine (iCHSTM), which takes...

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. I recently read a fascinating article about the early years of the...

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. At the start of this project I was only hoping to find some ...

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. In a previous post I introduced one of the main subjects of my...

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. Last Friday was a proud day, as the object I re-discovered and am...

This post is cross-posted (with minor modifications) from the Connecting with Collections blog. This month the Connecting with...

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. My current project is about King Arthur’s Table.  I described this...

Remember when I found King Arthur’s Round Table?  I told the story way back in my second ever blog post.  Go and have a read if you’ve...

I’ve just started a research project focusing on a medieval manuscript, The Equatorie of the Planetis.  This manuscript describes the...