19 Dec 2019
What did Polar explorers eat for Christmas lunch?
When tucking into your Christmas lunch this year, spare a thought for how polar explorers of the heroic age celebrated Christmas.
18 Dec 2019
How much does a ticket to space cost? The future of 'space tourism'
There are plenty of companies offering (very expensive) flights into space. But how close are we to true space tourism?
12 Dec 2019
British colonial life in the East Indies: the diaries of Lady Dorothy Fullerton
The personal diary of a Royal Navy commander's wife offers a striking insight into the lives of the British ruling classes in 1920s India and Sri Lanka.
22 Nov 2019
The Battle of Navarino and an interesting find
Among the manuscripts held by the Caird Library and Archive is a file containing Lieutenant John Harvey Boteler’s observations of the Battle of Navarino. However his account contains much more information than simple notes on his role.
20 Nov 2019
Silent Grey Ironclad: The Ship Behind H. G. Wells’ Thunder Child
HMS Thunder Child is one of the most famous fictitious warships in English literature.
18 Nov 2019
Pioneer maritime photographers at the National Maritime Museum
Names like WH Fox Talbot, Calvert R. Jones and Nicolaas Henneman are not well known within a maritime photographic context. These names are more familiar for their early pioneering photographic work using nature and architecture.
04 Nov 2019
‘A dog, but a sailor at heart’
Discover the story of Just Nuisance, the only dog ever enlisted in the Royal Navy