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2019-05-20
It's #WorldBeeDay! Steering clear of our 'S. Baths &c' shelfmark we've had a fine morning checking out our S. Bees collection. 189 books in all - from "Honeybee Democracy" to "Lore of the Honey-Bee", plus this must have beekeeping tips guide. Something fo
It's #WorldBeeDay! Steering clear of our 'S. Baths &c' shelfmark we've had a fine morning checking out our S. Bees collection. 189 books in all - from "Honeybee Democracy" to "Lore of the Honey-Bee", plus this must have beekeeping tips guide. Something fo
2019-05-19
"Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough". #JohnBetjeman, poet laureate - longstanding London Library member, heritage campaigner and St Pancras saviour - died #OTD 1984. Time to remind ourselves of the great man in situ, gazing up to the heavens where we
"Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough". #JohnBetjeman, poet laureate - longstanding London Library member, heritage campaigner and St Pancras saviour - died #OTD 1984. Time to remind ourselves of the great man in situ, gazing up to the heavens where we
2019-05-19
His health broken, #OscarWilde was released from Reading Gaol #OTD 1897. His prison writings to "Bosie" (Lord Alfred Douglas) were returned by the governor as he left. Robert Ross part published them as de Profundis in 1905, two years after Wilde's death.
His health broken, #OscarWilde was released from Reading Gaol #OTD 1897. His prison writings to "Bosie" (Lord Alfred Douglas) were returned by the governor as he left. Robert Ross part published them as de Profundis in 1905, two years after Wilde's death.
2019-05-14
#Onthisday 1925 - 21 years after #VirginiaWoolf became a life member of The London Library - her classic novel, "Mrs Dalloway", was published by her and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Press. Diving in to our 1925 first edition to celebrate the arrival of a maste
#Onthisday 1925 - 21 years after #VirginiaWoolf became a life member of The London Library - her classic novel, "Mrs Dalloway", was published by her and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Press. Diving in to our 1925 first edition to celebrate the arrival of a maste
2019-05-12
100 years ago today, #onthisday 1919, 25 year old #AldousHuxley joined The London Library, his application seconded by his uncle and noted portrait painter John Collier. Two year’s later, Huxley’s first novel “Crome Yellow” appeared. #BraveNewWorld
100 years ago today, #onthisday 1919, 25 year old #AldousHuxley joined The London Library, his application seconded by his uncle and noted portrait painter John Collier. Two year’s later, Huxley’s first novel “Crome Yellow” appeared. #BraveNewWorld
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