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1. You’re under arrest!

   The Librarian recently returned from a Scottish holiday to the Moray Firth, where he spotted this rather alarming sign on the A98 at Portsoy. Knowledge, clearly, is no guarantee against...

   24th August 2011 • Read more

2. Birds and their nests

   This week’s feature in the 101 Treasures of Chetham’s series explores the exquisite work of James Bolton in his Harmonia Ruralis, a two-volume work describing and illlustrating the birds of...

   19th August 2011 • Read more

3. Minutes of the Albert Memorial

   Another of the Library’s treasures to have a look at over on the website. Many thanks for all your concern over the Library’s safety during this week’s events in the...

   12th August 2011 • Read more

4. Sex, sermons and wig-making

   The diary of Edmund Harrold is a closely-written journal full of early eighteenth-century books, religion, sex and wig-making. Read more about this remarkable survival on the 101 Treasures page.

   5th August 2011 • Read more

5. Treading the boards

   Just a quick snap to show the reason for the Library’s current two-week closure… not too much reading going on in here at the moment. We’ll be closed until Monday...

   3rd August 2011 • Read more

6. Unlocking the code

   If you’ve been inspired by Marcus du Sautoy’s BBC2 series on nature’s mathematical code, you may be interested in our web feature on Newton’s Principia. Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica,...

   29th July 2011 • Read more

7. John Dee Special!

   Our 101 Treasures of Chetham’s series this week features material relating to the sixteenth-century scholar and warden of the College, John Dee. The success of the opera Doctor Dee at...

   20th July 2011 • Read more

8. Attic Nights

   Our 101 Treasures of Chetham’s series looks this week at the Noctes Atticae, or Attic Nights, of Aulus Gellius, a commonplace book which was later owned by Matthias Corvinus (1443-1490)...

   15th July 2011 • Read more

9. Chetham’s Library on The Culture Show

   Damon Albarn’s opera Doctor Dee has now reached the end of its run as part of the Manchester International Festival and has received almost universal acclaim, not least from members...

   13th July 2011 • Read more

10. Designation’s what you need…

    We’re really proud to have been awarded Designation Status by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. The award is for the entire holdings, which distinguishes them as a collection of...

    1st July 2011 • Read more