Monthly Archives: July 2011

Wrexham Eisteddfod 2011

Posted on July 29, 2011

The  National Eisteddfod in Wrexham, is without any doubt, is Wales’s most important cultural event. The diversity of the competitions held – music, poetry, literature, …

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Uncharted territory? (part 2)

Posted on July 28, 2011

In part one of this blog (19th July) I told how I had found a set of William Morris charts of Welsh Harbours which appeared …

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Celebratory destruction!

Posted on July 27, 2011

The week before last was full of pressure or tension as I attempted to create a cake based on the Library’s facade for the centenary …

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Wales, Bolivia and Venezuela – T. Ifor Rees

Posted on July 22, 2011

Bienvenidos a la Biblioteca Nacional de Gales embajadores de Bolivia y Venezuela! On 11 August the National Library of Wales will welcome the UK Ambassadors …

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Library on Tour

Posted on July 20, 2011

It’s that time of year again when the Library relocates for a few days for our annual pilgrimage to the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show in …

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Uncharted territory? (part 1)

Posted on July 19, 2011

It is very easy to think that we know all about past mapmakers and their work and that there is nothing new to say, but …

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A belated spring-clean

Posted on July 14, 2011

Over the last couple of weeks I have been going through the uncatalogued material in the Map Store, in order to create some extra space …

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The Old Warrior

Posted on July 13, 2011

Friday 15 July sees the Library celebrate the centenary of the laying of its foundation stone. The centre point of the day will be the …

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Anniversaries!

Posted on July 12, 2011

It’s a year of anniversaries at the National Library this year. As you probably know by now, the Library will be celebrating a hundred years …

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The future’s bright

Posted on July 8, 2011

The future’s bright The future’s bright – the future’s Orange.Sadly neither of these applies to the Library’s financial future.  More like “dark and murky with …

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