18 May 2023
Jane Austen and the Royal Navy
In this blog we explore some of Austen’s literary nautical themes, but also consider her actual maritime connection
11 May 2023
A hospital for seafarers in Cardiff and an internee from HMS Timbertown
Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital.
04 May 2023
Mental wellbeing and the Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries
This blog from the Caird Library looks at the history of mental health conditions and how they were viewed in the Navy in the past
25 Apr 2023
Ups and downs: the journal of an emigrant to Australia
This blog looks at the entertaining diaries of James Anthony Gardner, written on his passage to New South Wales in 1829
11 Apr 2023
Spies: the Georgian secret intelligence service
The Caird Library and Archive’s new display case gives a brief insight into the world of spies through their own words
06 Apr 2023
The Tunguska Event
Learn more about the Tunguska event in 1908, a highly destructive asteroid explosion that occurred in a remote area of Siberia
05 Apr 2023
A lesser-known Melville, below decks on the Dreadnought in 1851 and a Guernsey-born seafarer
Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital.