A proverb in the hand…

20 August 2014 by Rupert Baker

‘Strike Dawkin, the Devil is i’th’hemp’. No, I have no idea what this means either, but I do know that…

The horrible history of fishes

11 June 2013 by Rupert Baker

I’m a big fan of Horrible Histories – my ten-year-old has a shelf on his wall devoted entirely to the…

11 July 2012 by Jo McManus

The first speaker at the recent conference ‘Curiously Drawn: The Origins of Science as a Visual Pursuit’ held at the Royal…

26 June 2012 by Emma Davidson

A quick note to announce a change in the management of this blog, and some forthcoming reading room closures.

29 December 2010 by Emma Davidson

In my recent post about heroines of science, as voted for by visitors to our exhibition during the summer, I…