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Libraries: Keepers of History and History Makers
Read more: Libraries: Keepers of History and History MakersDaniel Miele visits two Dutch universities, exploring the shared challenges between publishers and libraries.
Postcolonial Springs – a special issue of CounterText
“In its breadth of contributions by scholars and writers with a distinguished background in their respective fields, Postcolonial Springs will…
William Morris’ Synthetic Aeneids
Jack Mitchell (Dalhousie University) addresses William Morris’ Aeneid translation of 1875 and explains in his article, William Morris’ Synthetic Aeneids:…
A watercolour of a stranded sperm whale from the late seventeenth century
In their article from the Archives of natural history, Klaus Barthelemess and Ingvar Svanberg discuss a painting from a manuscript…
Guest Blog – Beckett’s odd things
“What’s wrong with that bed, Joe?” — Samuel Beckett, Eh Joe (1965) There is something conspicuously odd about many of…
The National Monument of Scotland
In the November 2014 edition of Architectural Heritage John Gifford explores the history, origin and alternative designs of the National…
Guest Blog Post – ‘Centralisation has its draw backs as well as its advantages’.
The Surrounding Burghs’ Resistance to Glasgow’s Municipal Expansion, c. 1869–1912 By the mid-nineteenth century Scotland’s industrial revolution had resulted in…
The Absence of God and Its Contextual Significance for Hume
In our featured article this week, “The Absence of God and Its Contextual Significance for Hume”, David Fergusson of the…
The Architecture and Impact of the School Boards in Glasgow
The rapid programme of school building undertaken across Glasgow by the School Boards (1873–1919) left the city with a rich…
Guest Blog – SPS Standards and TBT regulations in Intra-African Trade
Dr. Onsando Osiemo is currently a legal practioner and researcher in Nairobi, Kenya. His areas of research are in international…