26 Oct 2022
Night sky highlights - November 2022
Discover what to see in the night sky in November 2022, including a parade of planets and the peak of the Leonids meteor shower.
17 Oct 2022
Mapping the Theatre of the Stuarts
This month we look at The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, the first English attempt at a comprehensive survey of these islands, created by John Speed for James VI & I in 1611
27 Sep 2022
Night sky highlights - October 2022
Discover what to see in the night sky in October 2022, including the Orionids meteor shower and a partial solar eclipse.
21 Sep 2022
Joy and Work: the fate of the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff
This month we investigate an Archive and Library oversize pamphlet (PBB9342) entitled Freude und Arbeit (Joy and Work) dated 1938, Germany.
11 Sep 2022
Cookery for Seamen: a pocket-size cookbook for seamen
In this blog we highlight a little cookery book which provides a glimpse into the types of meals eaten at sea in the last years of Queen Victoria's reign and which also reflects the change in status of ships' cooks.
22 Aug 2022
Charles Todd and Australia's Overland Telegraph Line
In this blog we explore the remarkable life of Charles Todd, a Greenwich astronomer who championed Australia's Overland Telegraph Line
18 Aug 2022
Night sky highlights - September 2022
Discover what to see in the night sky in September 2022, including the gas giant Jupiter and some nebulae.