National Library of Scotland
The Jackie Kay archive runs to 34 boxes of material that offers a unique insight into Kay’s life and writing and a record of her personal journey including personal letters, manuscripts of poems, n
Scotland is rarely considered among the big players in the Northern Renaissance, something curators at the National Library of Scotland are seeking to remedy with
The National Library of Scotland has bought the last and final tranche of archive material by author, artist and playwright,
The National Library of Scotland has added the last piece to its collection of Broons annuals.
The National Library of Scotland’s Shakespeare First Folio is now on display alongside a new selection of items as part of its revolving ‘Treasures of the National Library of Scotland’ exhibition.
Or in Gaelic, Leabharlann Nàiseanta a’ cur air bhog a’ chiad taisbeanadh Gàidhlig aige riamh (to read this article in Gaelic, please scroll down the page).
Raucous texts – mocking kings, priests and peasants; encouraging audiences to get drunk; and shocking them with slapstick – shed new light on Britain’s famous sense of humour, and the role played b
During April this year the six legal deposit libraries of the UK and Ireland, the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of Wales, the Bodleian Libraries, Cambridge
The annual Rare Books Edinburgh festival opens its doors with a variety of events in addition to its centrepiece, the
The National Library of Scotland will host its first ever dual-language exhibition this year in celebration of the work of John Francis Campbell – a 19th-century f
