Our crime fiction exhibition, Murder by the Book, is now open! Featuring 100 famous UK crime novels, Agatha Christie's typewriter, and Wilkie Collins' writing desk, the exhibition is free to attend but requires pre-booking. Open from 23 March to 24 August. lib.cam.ac.uk/murderbythebook

In France for a conference - might have done some Easter shopping…

I am *extremely* excited about this. Please share with anyone who might be keen: we're offering a FULLY FUNDED PhD studentship, exploring:
Colonial Natural Historical Collecting in the South Asian Indian Ocean.
There are some important stories to tell here
ccc.cam.ac.uk/cc-ee/students…

Our newest Zooniverse project is ready for citizen scientist volunteers! By transcribing herbarium specimen labels, volunteers add to biodiversity big data for research. Visit our Zooniverse page to get involved! tinyurl.com/4ary9fbp Department of Plant Sciences University of Cambridge Museums Cambridge Collections Connections Communities

.. and read MORE of Henslow's letters here! epsilon.ac.uk/search?sort=da…

Grateful to Edwin Rose for suggesting I look at a particular box marked ‘Plant Sciences Library Miscellanea’ -pictured here ‘poison’ labels and one of many ads for JS Henslow’s botanical lectures (MS Add.10205) Cambridge University Library

This weekend I saw two plays. One of them was terrible in so many ways I wouldn’t know where to start. Fortunately the other was Red Pitch at @sohoplace and I really can’t recommend it highly enough. Everyone involved is hugely talented.

They’re baaaaaack… #Punchdrunk #followthelight

Incredible news!!

An expedition is an opportunity to help transcribe a specific collection of digitised herbarium plants 🍂

Our latest one is on orchids👉 volunteer.ala.org.au/project/index/…

You'll need to make a free account to get started (takes just a minute!)

JOB KLAXON: just two weeks left to apply to join our team as an Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities.

Apply, apply, apply! 🚀
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44047/
#DigitalHumanitiesJobs #AcademicJobs

Poems on the Underground, the beloved literary project which has delighted millions since 1986, has donated its archive to Cambridge University Library. The archive includes hundreds of posters, memorabilia, and letters from famous poets. Read more here: cam.ac.uk/stories/Poems-…

🤔📚 An intriguing copy of Karl Marx’s controversial work Das Kapital is returning to Down House, the home of Charles Darwin, following specialist conservation work with Cambridge University Library

It will go on display for the first time in over 5 years.

📸 ©️ Cambridge University Library

This is one of those things that is common in many many places (including most of Britain and Ireland, among a number of other countries) but which people keep thinking is super specific to where they live

A youngish M. R. James, when Provost of King’s, spotted today in the scrapbook of Minnie Pate, of the Cambridge University Typewriting Office. Cambridge UL Special Collections MS Add. 7637. Thanks to Dr Jill Whitelock for sharing it. One for The Burgon Society.

These enormous volumes (pencil for scale) make up a heavily cut up and annotated copy of the Index Kewensis, an index of flowering plant names which was the result of a Kew project funded by #Darwin . Today, the Index is digitally available as part of IPNI UK. #bookmutilation

After two days talking about geological features last week - thanks again Lyell Time - I thought I’d come look at some this weekend in West Dorset

Very grateful to Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) for a fascinating visit the other day (and to Colonial Natures for organising the workshop!).

The husband is preparing delightfully green spinach pancakes for Shrove Tuesday. I love it.

Hello Edinburgh! So far all I’ve done is find lovely omurisu for dinner but I’m excited to spend the next two days with Lyell Time