21 Jun 2023
How to research Jamaican family history
A brief guide to the records, resources and online collections available for people researching Jamaican ancestry.
06 Jun 2023
Dickens’s Dictionary of the Thames 1892: a fluvial miscellany
In this blog we look at a small volume packed with a plethora of facts and figures about the late Victorian River Thames compiled by Charles Dickens junior
06 Jun 2023
Astronomy news from the Astronomy Ambassadors Group - May 2023
See what cosmic news our young people have found for you!
01 Jun 2023
Boys and apprentices at the Dreadnought
Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital. Are you able to join our transcription project and help to unearth more?
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