19 Dec 2024
A universal map in a dead language
This blog takes a look at an almost five-hundred-year-old geographical text in the Caird Library and Archive.
21 Nov 2024
Night Sky Highlights - December 2024
Find out what to see in the night sky this December, including not one, but two meteor showers!
25 Oct 2024
Night sky highlights - November 2024
Find out what to see in the November night sky, including the Orion Nebula, open star clusters and more.
07 Oct 2024
Voyages in ‘search and discoverie of strange coasts, the chiefe subject of this my labour’
Explore the works and legacy of Richard Hakluyt, an Elizabethan compiler and editor of travel writing at the Caird Library and Archive.
04 Oct 2024
The Syren and Shipping Illustrated
The Syren and Shipping Illustrated was a weekly journal for the merchant shipping industry, published 1887-1967.
21 Sep 2024
Night Sky Highlights - October 2024
Find out how to make the most of the October night sky by spotting the captivating Pinwheel Galaxy, the Orionid meteor shower, and more...
15 Aug 2024
Night Sky Highlights - September 2024
Find out what to see in the September night sky, from naked-eye objects around Cassiopeia, to a partial lunar eclipse, and more.