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Did you know, its not all words and letters in Charles Darwin's Archive!
Here's a few of our favourite things for #DarwinDay!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
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Here's a few of our favourite things for #DarwinDay!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
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'The two women turned what was little more than a collection of old sheds into a purpose-built, stylish studio and shop...' @akennedysmith.bsky.social on the creative & entrepreneurial collaboration between friends & photographers Lettice Ramsey & Helen Muspratt.
I wrote about Cambridge photographer Lettice Ramsey (1898–1985) and why she should be better known. #Ramsey&Muspratt
Woman with a camera
Lettice Ramsey (1898–1985)
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February 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
'The two women turned what was little more than a collection of old sheds into a purpose-built, stylish studio and shop...' @akennedysmith.bsky.social on the creative & entrepreneurial collaboration between friends & photographers Lettice Ramsey & Helen Muspratt.
In the days before drones, Charles Darwin used his kids!
The result isn't so pretty though!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-...
The result isn't so pretty though!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
In the days before drones, Charles Darwin used his kids!
The result isn't so pretty though!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-...
The result isn't so pretty though!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-...
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One decoration in our office to celebrate the #YearOfTheHorse is a calligraphy piece in oracle bone script reading 物華天寶，人壽年豐 — “Nature yields its finest treasures, and the people enjoy long lives and abundant years.”This is an auspicious blessing for the New Year.
February 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
One decoration in our office to celebrate the #YearOfTheHorse is a calligraphy piece in oracle bone script reading 物華天寶，人壽年豐 — “Nature yields its finest treasures, and the people enjoy long lives and abundant years.”This is an auspicious blessing for the New Year.
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Happy Lunar New Year!
We're welcoming the Year of the Fire Horse with highlights from our collections 🔥🐎
Kalāpustaka, 17th century Nepalese accordion book (MS Add. 864)
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We're welcoming the Year of the Fire Horse with highlights from our collections 🔥🐎
Kalāpustaka, 17th century Nepalese accordion book (MS Add. 864)
loom.ly/3Wjvk_Q
Sanskrit Manuscripts : Kalāpustaka
A masterfully crafted 17th-century Nepalese accordion book, completely consisting of polychrome drawings, for a total of
loom.ly
February 17, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Happy Lunar New Year!
We're welcoming the Year of the Fire Horse with highlights from our collections 🔥🐎
Kalāpustaka, 17th century Nepalese accordion book (MS Add. 864)
loom.ly/3Wjvk_Q
We're welcoming the Year of the Fire Horse with highlights from our collections 🔥🐎
Kalāpustaka, 17th century Nepalese accordion book (MS Add. 864)
loom.ly/3Wjvk_Q
There's so many maps that we're still exploring the delights of India for #MapMonday!
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...
February 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
There's so many maps that we're still exploring the delights of India for #MapMonday!
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...
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"The books which my daughter Elizabeth hath read unto me at nights till she read ym all out", late 17th century, CUL MS Add. 8460 cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-... via vamoul.substack.com/p/with-hope-...
February 13, 2026 at 11:11 AM
"The books which my daughter Elizabeth hath read unto me at nights till she read ym all out", late 17th century, CUL MS Add. 8460 cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-... via vamoul.substack.com/p/with-hope-...
India + Maps = What's not to love! ❤️
This new portal from @mahsa-project.bsky.social you can now search and use hundreds of detailed maps of India, and find data for over 1000!
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...
This new portal from @mahsa-project.bsky.social you can now search and use hundreds of detailed maps of India, and find data for over 1000!
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
India + Maps = What's not to love! ❤️
This new portal from @mahsa-project.bsky.social you can now search and use hundreds of detailed maps of India, and find data for over 1000!
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...
This new portal from @mahsa-project.bsky.social you can now search and use hundreds of detailed maps of India, and find data for over 1000!
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...
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This digitised repository marks a major step towards the democratisation of cultural heritage and cartographic archives in the region.
🔗 Learn how to use the database:
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...
🔗 Start your search today:
databasemahsa.org/en/search
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🔗 Learn how to use the database:
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...
🔗 Start your search today:
databasemahsa.org/en/search
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February 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
This digitised repository marks a major step towards the democratisation of cultural heritage and cartographic archives in the region.
🔗 Learn how to use the database:
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...
🔗 Start your search today:
databasemahsa.org/en/search
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🔗 Learn how to use the database:
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...
🔗 Start your search today:
databasemahsa.org/en/search
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A recent addition to Cambridge Digital Library, the 'Survey of India Maps' (cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...) are part of a wider project that has created an amazing open-access search portal for historic survey maps of India!
You can read more about the project and platform below:
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You can read more about the project and platform below:
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🗺️ Historic maps of South Asia – now at your fingertips
The MAHSA Project is thrilled to share our open-access search portal for historic Survey of India maps! (1/3)
The MAHSA Project is thrilled to share our open-access search portal for historic Survey of India maps! (1/3)
February 12, 2026 at 3:38 PM
A recent addition to Cambridge Digital Library, the 'Survey of India Maps' (cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...) are part of a wider project that has created an amazing open-access search portal for historic survey maps of India!
You can read more about the project and platform below:
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
You can read more about the project and platform below:
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Did you know, its not all words and letters in Charles Darwin's Archive!
Here's a few of our favourite things for #DarwinDay!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
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Here's a few of our favourite things for #DarwinDay!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Did you know, its not all words and letters in Charles Darwin's Archive!
Here's a few of our favourite things for #DarwinDay!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
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Here's a few of our favourite things for #DarwinDay!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
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It's #DarwinDay!
We've oodles of things to explore all things Darwin:
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
But a great place to start, with all sorts of exciting extras, is the Darwin Correspondence Project:
darwinproject.ac.uk
Happy Birthday Charles Darwin! Looking good for 217!
We've oodles of things to explore all things Darwin:
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
But a great place to start, with all sorts of exciting extras, is the Darwin Correspondence Project:
darwinproject.ac.uk
Happy Birthday Charles Darwin! Looking good for 217!
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
It's #DarwinDay!
We've oodles of things to explore all things Darwin:
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
But a great place to start, with all sorts of exciting extras, is the Darwin Correspondence Project:
darwinproject.ac.uk
Happy Birthday Charles Darwin! Looking good for 217!
We've oodles of things to explore all things Darwin:
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
But a great place to start, with all sorts of exciting extras, is the Darwin Correspondence Project:
darwinproject.ac.uk
Happy Birthday Charles Darwin! Looking good for 217!
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Did you know Charles Darwin was born #OnThisDay in 1809?
#DarwinDay celebrates not just Darwin, but the gardeners, naturalists and women scientists who shaped his work.
Explore their stories: https://bit.ly/45YkKQD
@christscollegecam.bsky.social
#DarwinDay celebrates not just Darwin, but the gardeners, naturalists and women scientists who shaped his work.
Explore their stories: https://bit.ly/45YkKQD
@christscollegecam.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Did you know Charles Darwin was born #OnThisDay in 1809?
#DarwinDay celebrates not just Darwin, but the gardeners, naturalists and women scientists who shaped his work.
Explore their stories: https://bit.ly/45YkKQD
@christscollegecam.bsky.social
#DarwinDay celebrates not just Darwin, but the gardeners, naturalists and women scientists who shaped his work.
Explore their stories: https://bit.ly/45YkKQD
@christscollegecam.bsky.social
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Cambridge Digital Library is home to 130 collections containing 1.5 million images of 160,000 items (6593 of which have transcription), that originate from at least 2000 places around the globe...
👀 Have you ever wondered what that looks like? 😮
Enjoy some data fireworks! - cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk
👀 Have you ever wondered what that looks like? 😮
Enjoy some data fireworks! - cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Cambridge Digital Library is home to 130 collections containing 1.5 million images of 160,000 items (6593 of which have transcription), that originate from at least 2000 places around the globe...
👀 Have you ever wondered what that looks like? 😮
Enjoy some data fireworks! - cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk
👀 Have you ever wondered what that looks like? 😮
Enjoy some data fireworks! - cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk
Cambridge Digital Library is home to 130 collections containing 1.5 million images of 160,000 items (6593 of which have transcription), that originate from at least 2000 places around the globe...
👀 Have you ever wondered what that looks like? 😮
Enjoy some data fireworks! - cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk
👀 Have you ever wondered what that looks like? 😮
Enjoy some data fireworks! - cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Cambridge Digital Library is home to 130 collections containing 1.5 million images of 160,000 items (6593 of which have transcription), that originate from at least 2000 places around the globe...
👀 Have you ever wondered what that looks like? 😮
Enjoy some data fireworks! - cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk
👀 Have you ever wondered what that looks like? 😮
Enjoy some data fireworks! - cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk
That's me in the corner...
... looking stunning!
Just a casually pretty peacock hanging out in the corner a medieval book on astronomy!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FITZ...
... looking stunning!
Just a casually pretty peacock hanging out in the corner a medieval book on astronomy!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FITZ...
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 AM
That's me in the corner...
... looking stunning!
Just a casually pretty peacock hanging out in the corner a medieval book on astronomy!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FITZ...
... looking stunning!
Just a casually pretty peacock hanging out in the corner a medieval book on astronomy!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FITZ...
2025 was a busy year with a lot to still be excited about -
Check out all the great stories in @theul.bsky.social's Annual Review!
Check out all the great stories in @theul.bsky.social's Annual Review!
Our Annual Review illuminates the remarkable breadth of work undertaken by our wonderful colleagues across our Libraries and Archives network, and at the University Library.
🔎Read about our extraordinary year: https://loom.ly/3cGDvuQ
Pictured: scanning the 13th-century Merlin manuscript fragment.
🔎Read about our extraordinary year: https://loom.ly/3cGDvuQ
Pictured: scanning the 13th-century Merlin manuscript fragment.
January 19, 2026 at 11:40 AM
2025 was a busy year with a lot to still be excited about -
Check out all the great stories in @theul.bsky.social's Annual Review!
Check out all the great stories in @theul.bsky.social's Annual Review!
A miniature battle for 'Freedom' at the edge of the paper landscape... A poetic doodle from Alfred Lord Tennyson's Notebook 'X' (@trincolllibcam.bsky.social O.15.17).
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-O-00...
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-O-00...
January 14, 2026 at 10:29 AM
A miniature battle for 'Freedom' at the edge of the paper landscape... A poetic doodle from Alfred Lord Tennyson's Notebook 'X' (@trincolllibcam.bsky.social O.15.17).
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-O-00...
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-O-00...
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Join us on Tuesday 10 February for the 2026 Global History Lecture, hosted in partnership with @ghilondon.bsky.social
Professor Vinita Damodaran will speak on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire' bit.ly/4qLCaYB
Booking for in-person & online attendance is now open #Skystorians
Professor Vinita Damodaran will speak on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire' bit.ly/4qLCaYB
Booking for in-person & online attendance is now open #Skystorians
2026 Global History Lecture, with the German Historical Institute, London - RHS
On Tuesday 10 February, the Society hosts its annual Global History Lecture, in partnership with the German Historical Institute, London. This year we are delighted to welcome Professor Vinita Damodar...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Join us on Tuesday 10 February for the 2026 Global History Lecture, hosted in partnership with @ghilondon.bsky.social
Professor Vinita Damodaran will speak on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire' bit.ly/4qLCaYB
Booking for in-person & online attendance is now open #Skystorians
Professor Vinita Damodaran will speak on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire' bit.ly/4qLCaYB
Booking for in-person & online attendance is now open #Skystorians
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For the last #HillfortsWednesday of 2025, here's the trivallate Iron Age marvel of Badbury Rings #Dorset
✈️ 📷 summer 1947 @camdiglib.bsky.social (CC BY-NC 3.0) with uncontrolled access causing major erosion
Now better managed by the @nattrustarch.bsky.social, Badbury is a great place to explore 😍
✈️ 📷 summer 1947 @camdiglib.bsky.social (CC BY-NC 3.0) with uncontrolled access causing major erosion
Now better managed by the @nattrustarch.bsky.social, Badbury is a great place to explore 😍
December 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
For the last #HillfortsWednesday of 2025, here's the trivallate Iron Age marvel of Badbury Rings #Dorset
✈️ 📷 summer 1947 @camdiglib.bsky.social (CC BY-NC 3.0) with uncontrolled access causing major erosion
Now better managed by the @nattrustarch.bsky.social, Badbury is a great place to explore 😍
✈️ 📷 summer 1947 @camdiglib.bsky.social (CC BY-NC 3.0) with uncontrolled access causing major erosion
Now better managed by the @nattrustarch.bsky.social, Badbury is a great place to explore 😍
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❄️ ’Tis the season for exploring the web’s past!
@InternetArchive.EU has transformed millions of Dutch websites from the #WaybackMachine into a festive, interactive Christmas mosaic. 🎄
It offers a new way to see the web & the scale & value of digital collections.
Try it ➡️ display.archive.org/xmas
@InternetArchive.EU has transformed millions of Dutch websites from the #WaybackMachine into a festive, interactive Christmas mosaic. 🎄
It offers a new way to see the web & the scale & value of digital collections.
Try it ➡️ display.archive.org/xmas
December 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
❄️ ’Tis the season for exploring the web’s past!
@InternetArchive.EU has transformed millions of Dutch websites from the #WaybackMachine into a festive, interactive Christmas mosaic. 🎄
It offers a new way to see the web & the scale & value of digital collections.
Try it ➡️ display.archive.org/xmas
@InternetArchive.EU has transformed millions of Dutch websites from the #WaybackMachine into a festive, interactive Christmas mosaic. 🎄
It offers a new way to see the web & the scale & value of digital collections.
Try it ➡️ display.archive.org/xmas
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December 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Jane Austen loved a ramble!
250 years since her birth, we’re celebrating the paths and landscapes that inspired her life and writing.
Explore the new Jane Austen trails ➡️ www.ramblers.org.uk/features/footsteps-jane-austen
250 years since her birth, we’re celebrating the paths and landscapes that inspired her life and writing.
Explore the new Jane Austen trails ➡️ www.ramblers.org.uk/features/footsteps-jane-austen
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Jane Austen loved a ramble!
250 years since her birth, we’re celebrating the paths and landscapes that inspired her life and writing.
Explore the new Jane Austen trails ➡️ www.ramblers.org.uk/features/footsteps-jane-austen
250 years since her birth, we’re celebrating the paths and landscapes that inspired her life and writing.
Explore the new Jane Austen trails ➡️ www.ramblers.org.uk/features/footsteps-jane-austen
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18th-century, French, Newtonian physicist, Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet who was born on 17 December 1706 #histsci
thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/a...
thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/a...
A feminist Newtonian
Any major new scientific theory experiences a period of reception after publication in which it is examined, questioned, subject to criticism and put to the test. During this period, which can and …
thonyc.wordpress.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
18th-century, French, Newtonian physicist, Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet who was born on 17 December 1706 #histsci
thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/a...
thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/a...
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December 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
If you're after a Friday read? Why not join us on a virtual adventure to explore a different way of thinking about how we interact and engage with digitised cultural heritage:
www.theheritagelab.in/digital-rasa...
www.theheritagelab.in/digital-rasa...
Digital Rasa: Can Ancient Indian Aesthetic Theory Guide Our Engagement with Manuscripts and Photographs online?
This essay reflects on the concept of rasa (ancient Indian aesthetic theory) & rethinks our digital engagement with manuscripts & photos in collections.
www.theheritagelab.in
December 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
If you're after a Friday read? Why not join us on a virtual adventure to explore a different way of thinking about how we interact and engage with digitised cultural heritage:
www.theheritagelab.in/digital-rasa...
www.theheritagelab.in/digital-rasa...