​Democratizing Knowledge:
In Chambers's Encyclopaedia

In addition to the talk that I gave yesterday, (phew, glad it's done) I spent this week in Edinburgh, and Rob my supervisor from Reading...

For the past week I've been preparing to give a public talk on my research at National Museums Scotland. See advertised content. I felt...

I was fortunate enough to have dinner with my friend Helen W. and her family in Edinburgh last night. Like me she has been a librarian...

I was looking at the 1842 bound edition of Information for the People, and I came across an issue on personal hygiene, p. 656. For...

This is are really interesting article. Today anyone who wants to illustrate ‘a doctor’ will include a stethoscope. What was used before...

For me, January 2016 marks the death of a friend, a family member, and quite a few cultural icons including musicians and film actors. ...

As I reported in a previous blog, I had to expand my sampling for mammals, since bird blocks were scarce in the National Museum of...

It’s frustrating when you can’t find things. I’m presenting at a conference in February, called Becoming Animal with the Victorians. I’m...

Last Friday, I attended an international conference at the Université de Valenciennes, in Northern France which aimed to explore the...

Recently I reached a significant milestone in my doctorate. I submitted a draft of my first chapter, an outline of what I propose my...