by Talking Humanities | Jan 2, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Publications, Research & Resources
It’s January. The evenings remain long. How to fill them? Try some 19th-century parlour magic suggests Dr Karen Attar, Senate House Library’s (SHL) curator of rare books and university art. Try typing ‘winter amusements’ as a title keyword into Library Hub Discover...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 26, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications
Dr Karen Attar celebrates the life of the great Victorian novelist with a recap of the library’s 1863 edition of Romola, perhaps the least-known and least-read of George Eliot’s novels. Why feature Romola in a celebration of the 200th anniversary of George...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 22, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
Of all the 18th-century publications about Captain Cook’s voyages at Senate House Library, the major one is undoubtedly that compiled by George William Anderson, A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages round the World, explains Dr Karen Attar, the...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 18, 2019 | Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law
Dr Edward Owens, author of ‘The Family Firm: Monarchy, Mass Media and British Public, 1932-53’, reflects on the current relationship between the British royal family and the press. Prince Harry has done something extraordinary. He has loudly and...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 10, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Libraries & Publications, Publications
Dr Karen Attar, curator of rare books and university art at Senate House Library, explores the philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish-American industrialist who set up more than 2,800 libraries around the world before he died on 11 August 1919. In accordance...
by Talking Humanities | Aug 22, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources
While researching the rare book collections of two of Lancashire’s historic libraries Dr Cynthia Johnston, a lecturer in the history of the book at the Institute of English Studies, discovered an intriguing album of correspondence from members of Charles Dickens’...
