Post by Sam Evans (Assistant Archivist, Archives & Modern Manuscripts) The Cambridge University Cruising Club was founded on 20 May 1893 ‘to encourage amateur sailing, […]
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In 1858 two ornithologists, John Wolley and Alfred Newton, travelled to Iceland in the hope of seeing a flightless seabird, the elusive great auk. Both […]
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Guest post by David Jones (Lakenheath Heritage Group) This is an account of how an historic poster came into the possession of the Lakenheath Heritage […]
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TV viewers enjoying the tumultuous final episodes of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light may be interested in Thomas Cromwell’s impact on Cambridge in […]
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Taken from one of the diaries of Kathleen Scott, our image this month, apposite for the season, shows Kathleen’s son Peter ice skating with a […]
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Constance Gordon-Cumming drew this image of a pagoda for an article she published in The English Illustrated Magazine in 1888 entitled ‘Pagodas, Aurioles and Umbrellas.’ […]
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This post is by Anna Crutchley, an archivist and textile designer-maker who teaches workshops in adult education centres around the country, including weaving at Cottenham […]
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On 15th October 1940, the Royal Observatory Greenwich was rocked by a German bomb blast which destroyed the main entrance gates. It was the first […]
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In the papers of Sir James George Scott there are a few photographs, including one of a football team featuring a mix of Burmese and […]
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A knowledge of molecular structures and properties is crucial in our understanding of large parts of science, from semiconductors to proteins and from the composition […]
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