A star-crossed astronomer

12 December 2012 by Rupert Baker

You may be familiar with our ‘Fellows in Fiction‘ loan collection in the Library, which focuses on books showing real…

Transit of Venus

6 June 2012 by Joanna Hopkins

Were you up with the larks this morning at sunrise to witness the Transit of Venus? If like me you…

Before Christmas, I was almost regretting my decision to make Caroline the focus of STELLA, my new play – so…

8 June 2011 by Emma Davidson

A few days ago I was taking some colleagues on a tour around our library and archive collections. This is…

24 September 2010 by Keith Moore

Like many people, I can navigate round the main night sky constellations and pick out the brighter planets in a…