By Sarah Kneath, Group Retention Manager I was around 13 years old when I first read Pride and Prejudice. I remember feeling ever so grown up as it was probably the first classic novel I had ever read. As bizarre as it may seem, I found the novel incredibly easy to relate to and there […]
Category: Staff Picks
World of Rare Books Staff Picks | Ephemera
To celebrate our wonderful ephemera category and the unique and quirky items it holds, our World of Rare Books employees have had a chance to pick out their favourite items this week. You can read more about our Ephemera collection here in a previous blog. Here they are… Weekly Illustrated – Coronation Programme and […]
The Rise and Rise of the Superhero.
By Verity Bird. It seems we’ve always looked for heroes, ever since the flawed deities of ancient Greece but don’t worry this isn’t a history lesson … ok maybe just a little. Since the Modern-Age of comic books, we’ve seen our mainstream caped crusaders suffer more acutely with the human condition. We’ve seen Iron-Man struggle […]