It’s World Book Day. Across the UK, primary school children headed off to school this morning dressed as characters from their favourite books. Some wore lovingly crafted hand-made costumes, the product of hours of activity on the part of inventive …
I’ve just finished (again) The Once and Future King by T.H. White – a real favourite. A retelling of the Arthurian legends, heavily (and unashamedly) based on Mallory, a classical tragedy told with feeling but never mawkish. The style is …
The ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively Favourite book as a child: I must have read this book over and over as an older child / young teen – I was desperate for my own poltergeist and it is …
Farnsworth House: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe by Maritz Vandenberg When I saw this book on the Farnsworth House I knew we had to buy it for Architecture as we have very limited print resources about this building. It was …
This week’s book of the week is Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture. You can find it in the Large book section which is at the end of the book sequence in Zone 2B of the University Library. It …
The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville. Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, 2001. Students often ask if we have books to read for pleasure. Well, a summer of sport on TV encouraged me to dip into the University …
No, it’s not some new culinary excess from Heston Blumenthal, but rather a sort of literary selfie – take a look. If you feel inspired, have a go and send your pics to uoplib@gmail.com and we’ll put them in a …
What kind of Western comprised over a third of all Westerns financed by German producers? That’s just the kind of thing you can find out in Germany 2 our latest addition to the Directory of World Cinema series. This nicely …
You can’t miss this huge book on the library display – Magic: 1400 – 1950. Not only is it huge, its gorgeous – celebrating more than 500 years of visual culture relating to the world’s greatest magicians. It draws on …
In preparation for losing the Short Loan Room, we are gradually changing the status and location of our 4 hour loan books.
