Anniversary reflections
With the Society’s 350th anniversary celebrations in full flow, records and other evidence of the Society’s activities are regularly being handed to the Centre for retention in the archives. The...
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August or inauspicious weather?
Like many others getting married at the end of August, I have been watching the weather closely – and crossing my fingers that it improves by the end of the month! Happily, this summer has been much...
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African Adventures – part 1
My recent travels around Africa took me to the bustling town of Livingstone and the mighty Mosi-ai-tunya – perhaps better known as Victoria Falls. On the long journey home, with my mind on my imminent...
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African Adventures – part 2
Livingstone’s 1858 expedition was soon deemed a failure – prompting a fall from grace in Victorian society – and his letters to Sabine give some idea of the troubles Livingstone faced during the long...
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Gobble, gobble!
Christmas – and not forgetting Thanksgiving – will soon be upon us, and ‘tis nearly the season to be jolly. With this in mind, I have just ordered my Christmas turkey, and this set me thinking of...
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Ellen Miers’ diary
One of the best things about working with archives is the sheer variety of material that turns up in collections, especially in an archive such as the Royal Society’s, largely thanks to the...
View ArticleFrom fact to fiction
Over the last few weeks I’ve been very busy working away from the Royal Society on an exciting project – an audit of the Society’s extensive ‘modern records’. There’re roughly another 6 weeks of work...
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Harbingers of Spring
I have recently moved house and, as a result, have acquired some new lodgers – two pairs of starlings, both being kept very busy by their clutches of noisy, hungry and demanding chicks. To me, the...
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A right royal residence
Library readers will know well the current, rather lavish interior of no 6, Carlton House Terrace, where the Centre for History of Science’s reading rooms are situated. Developed by the wealthy C H...
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The Xcentric Mr Tyndall?
I have recently assisted several researchers who are working on various aspects of the life and career of John Tyndall FRS, one of the nineteenth century’s most important and influential scientists....
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