Good afternoon to everyone, but especially to all the sloths, for today is their special day! This woodcut of a sloth* comes from 'Historia Naturae, Maxime Peregrinae' by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1635). * may it not haunt your nightmares 📷 Baring-Gould Library 0689 Folio #InternationalSlothDay

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This street plan of Exeter, dating back to around 1910, may not be as old as some of our other maps, but it is just as fascinating! How does Exeter in 1910 differ to Exeter in 2026? 📷 Edmund maps 942.359/E30 BAC; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #MapMonday #MondayMaps #Map #MappingOurExeter

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'When your whole industry no longer exists in the same way, and you’ve devoted 20, 30 years of your life to it, it’s hard not to feel cheated for taking it so seriously. I think that’s incredibly difficult to take.' www.independent.co.uk/life-style/m...

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1,900 year-old Roman birthday invitation! 🎉 🥳 From Claudia Severa to her friend Sulpicia Lepidina, it’s one of the earliest known examples of writing in Latin by a woman! Found at Vindolanda fort, it gives a glimpse of social life on Rome’s northern frontier! 📷 me #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology

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We are delighted to announce that 7 letters from our Agatha Christie business papers are going on display at the British Library's exhibition 'Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery', opening later this month! ✨ You can find out more about the collection here ➡️ lib-archives.ex.ac.uk/Record.aspx?...

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