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1. Who can stand before His cold?

   Who, indeed. This seasonal sermon on snow from the seventeenth century was written by the aptly named John Shower, a Presbyterian minister working in London, who was inspired to respond...

   16th January 2013 • Read more

2. The Library of Cool

     The Library’s position on the cool wall has improved slightly this week, thanks to the presence of several members of indie bands Everything Everything, Delphic and Dutch Uncles, who...

   16th January 2013 • Read more

3. Happy Birthday, Archbishop!

   The Library holds a large number of works by the prolific scholar and Archbishop James Ussher, whose 432nd birthday it would have been today. Ussher is perhaps most famous for...

   4th January 2013 • Read more

4. “When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled”…

   Fans of Monty Python and the Holy Grail will no doubt agree that this fleeing demon does look remarkably like he is being played by Eric Idle… The delightful image...

   2nd January 2013 • Read more

5. Happy New Year!

   A very Happy New Year to all our readers and friends – we are open as usual today – why not come in out of the rain and catch the...

   2nd January 2013 • Read more

6. See you next year!

   The Library closes today for the Christmas break and reopens again on January 2nd. We look forward to seeing you all again in the New Year and leave you with...

   20th December 2012 • Read more

7. Merry Christmas from the Elven Librarians

   Library staff have been busy this morning taking a rest from interpreting the Elvish archive and have put on a little Christmas show for you all…

   20th December 2012 • Read more

8. Ambassador, you are spoiling us!

   This is only one of the unofficial captions for this year’s Library Christmas card… others included, ‘What? You know I’m allergic to eggs!’ and other less printable suggestions. Whatever your...

   17th December 2012 • Read more

9. Christmas and New Year Closing

   The Library will close at the usual time next Thursday 20th and will remain closed until Wednesday 2nd January at 9am. We wish all our followers, readers, visitors and friends...

   14th December 2012 • Read more

10. The man who knew everything

      This wonderfully crazy illustration is taken from one of the many works by Athanasius Kircher held by the Library. Described as ‘the last man who knew everything’, Kircher was...

    14th December 2012 • Read more