A few weeks ago I was moving some uncatalogued material from one area of the Map Store to another, in order to make room to …

When I think about the Romany, I remember a neighbour’s story about her brother and his friend struggling to return to their home in Llanybydder …

I recently read that in 1953 staff at the British Library found some eighteenth century condoms made from sheep-gut which had been used as book-marks …

Paul Russell, Professor of Celtic at the University of Cambridge, and Secretary of Seminar Cyfraith Hywel, acted as our academic advisor in the purchase and …

Douglas Hyde was inaugurated as first President of Ireland seventy five years ago, on 26 June 1938. Born near Castlerea, co. Roscommon, in 1860, his …

The novelist, John Cowper Powys, who died in Blaenau Ffestiniog exactly fifty years ago, in June 1963, tends to arouse either profound admiration or utter …

Brith Gof, founded in 1981 by Mike Pearson and Lis Hughes Jones, was a ground-breaking experimental Welsh performance company. Influenced by other European performance companies, …

A valuable resource for genealogists and maritime historians alike has recently been made available on-line on the Library’s Full Catalogue. The Aberystwyth Shipping Records contain …

This month sees the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first part of a report into the state of Britain’s railways written by Richard …