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📢📢📢Need a little bit more time to work on your research? Fear not! Our reading room opening hours will be extended to 10-5 pm Monday to Friday from today, yays!
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Happy St David’s day! The daffodil is the national flower of #Wales. These beautiful #Daffodils are from a medical book printed in 1543. Keep an eye out for daffodils if you take a walk outside today. #StDavidsDay

If you’ve been inspired by #Bridgerton and want to dress properly for your daily exercise, look no further than these stylish head dresses. Featured in ‘Ackermann's Repository of Arts’, these Parisian fashions are perfect for any occasion.👒

Have you overindulged over the past few weeks? If you want a healthier lunch today, look no further than these super salads from Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management. 🍅🥒🥗

The wonderful walnut comes in two main varieties. The English walnut originated in Persia while the black walnut is native to eastern North America. This illustration, from 1543, shows the English walnut.

Mice, owls, cats and dogs were all 'familiars' to witches. As supernatural animal assistants, they were created through a pact with the devil to perform evil acts. If found with a familiar you could be convicted of #Witchcraft 🐁🦉🐈🐕

What is orange with black markings? Tiger lilies AND terrific tigers. This wonderful illustration is from 'Flora's Feast' by #WalterCrane who was a prolific illustrator of children's books. 🐯

According to folklore the #Foxglove got it's name because foxes wore the flowers on their paws to silence their step as they hunted. It's also known as 'witch's glove', because of the toxicity of the plant. Digitalis from William Woodville's book on Medical Botany. 🦊

This illustration of finch beaks can be found in Charles Darwin's 'A Naturalist's Voyage', where he researched #Nature during a round the world voyage. #CharlesDarwin #Birds

‘The Raven’ is one of #EdgarAllanPoe ’s most famous works. Narrated by a lonely widow, it recalls a late night visit 🌛 from a mysterious raven. Poe’s dark stories and troubled characters contributed to the establishment of the #AmericanGothic genre.