Bodleian Library

A new exhibition at Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries takes a look at the touchy-feely aspect of books from medieval times to the present day.

Manuscripts, early prints, maps, and other treasures from the Bodleian Libraries’ collections in Oxford are on show in a new exhibition examining how 600 years of Anglo-Dutch history have affected

Book collecting prizes for students have restarted in the UK after a Covid-enforced lapse.

The earliest known child’s letter to Santa Claus in Britain was sent in 1895 from a child in Lincolnshire addressed to ‘Father Christmas, The North Pole, G.P.O,’ but by the early 1900s thousands of

Four hundred years ago, Oxford scholar Robert Burton published what some now consider the ‘grandfather of all self-help manuals,’ The Anatomy of Melancholy.

Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries announced last week a significant milestone in its digitization initiative.

Earlier this month, with spring in the air, the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford University debuted its new exhibition, Roots to Seeds

The latest issue of Strand magazine features a previously unpublished Raymond Chandler article discovered in a shoebox at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.

Among the exhibitions that agile curators have successfully adapted for online consumption is the excellent The Art of Adverti

Although the real world has paused in its celebration of fine books and collections, it is still very much possible to find delights online. Here are five suggestions: