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‘Stolen’ Darwin manuscripts anonymously returned to university library

Two Charles Darwin manuscripts that were reported as stolen from Cambridge University Library have been anonymously returned in a pink gift bag, with a typed note on an envelope wishing a Happy Easter to the librarian. The precious items were found ...

05 Apr 2022 at 07:25

Charles Darwin notebooks that went missing for 20 years are to go on display

Two Charles Darwin manuscripts anonymously returned to Cambridge University Library more than 20 years after they were found to be missing are to go on public display for the first time this century. The precious items were discovered to be ...

08 Jul 2022 at 10:12

Agatha Christie’s typewriter and Dictaphone to go on display

Agatha Christie’s typewriter and Dictaphone are to go on display as part of a crime fiction exhibition at Cambridge University Library. The typescript to her final Poirot Novel, Curtain, that was so top secret it was kept in a bank vault ...

23 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Cambridge University Library is allocated Kipling’s The Jungle Book page proofs

Page proofs of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling have been allocated to Cambridge University Library, where they join his manuscript of the poem If, which was donated by the author himself. The proofs from The Jungle Book are part of a ...

06 Sept 2024 at 09:14

Spitting Image’s entire archive donated to Cambridge University Library

The entire archive of satirical TV show Spitting Image has been donated to Cambridge University Library under the Government’s Cultural Gifts Scheme. Puppets from the programme, including of Margaret Thatcher, Diana, Princess of Wales, ...

30 Sept 2023 at 08:44

Weasel testicles infertility cure features in exhibition on medieval medicine

Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments – including an infertility cure made from weasels’ testicles – will feature in a new exhibition at Cambridge University Library. Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World looks at ...

28 Mar 2025 at 00:01

Stuffed puppy and ground owl among curious medieval cures to be shared online

Curious medieval cures, including a treatment for gout that involved baking an owl then grinding it into a powder, are to be shared with the public online by Cambridge University Library. Another unusual recipe, also intended to ...

17 Aug 2022 at 09:30

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