An exciting day at NLS
I only had about 4 hours to spend at the National Library of Scotland. Their Special Collections Reading Room has a great view, the time...
Research trip to Edinburgh
I’m spending the next couple of days in Edinburgh. Today I was at the NMS looking at the W&R Chambers blocks with Alison and Tom Mole,...
An Afternoon at the Huntington
I was in Southern California last week visiting my relatives. I also offered to write an exhibition review for SHARP on The US...
On Copying and transmission of knowledge
“By the second half of the nineteenth century, though American piracy of the Encyclopaedia Britannica continued, many publishers of...
Wood engraving course with Chris Daunt
I started 2015 by spending two days in Newcastle, the former home of Thomas Bewick (pronounced “Buick” as in the car), learning how to...
Christmas Trees in England
I can't imagine Christmas without a Christmas tree. In fact, they are so pervasive everywhere and so universilly associated with the...