Ducks on campus! Read Florence Long’s blog post about an unexpected find in the university archives. It’ll drive you quackers! As an English Literature graduate, I had a number of […]
A year in the university archives and special collections
With Covid-19 impacting on access to the CCCU Library and archives during 2020 and 2021, staff and students have been working on projects behind the scenes to improve accessibility and […]
The Father of Modern Fantasy
George Macdonald, Scottish minister, author and poet, is often regarded as the father of modern fantasy literature. In this blog post, Tihomir Gankov, third year creative writing student, and Michelle […]
Finding local history resources online
To celebrate History Day 2020, Michelle Crowther looks at some of the freely available online collections of Kent history and recommends some of her favourites.
‘The Music of the Spheres’: Anna, Nils, and their new worlds
This post was written for History Day 2020, part of the Being Human Festival 2020: New Worlds. Three seemingly ‘ordinary’ early-20th century music scores. But behind their ordinariness lies a […]
Visiting the Cathedral Library
When Fawn Todd, Canterbury Cathedral Librarian invited CCCU library staff to visit the Cathedral Library we jumped at the chance. Read Fawn, Jack, Jodie and Michelle’s story here.
The mystery of Anna Charlier’s piano music
I found three of Anna Charlier’s music scores a few years ago, when I was doing some re-cataloguing of stock. But, you may well ask, who is Anna Charlier and […]
Half-Hours in the Far North
I found this attractive green and gold volume entitled Half-Hours in the Far North: Life amid snow and ice in the Canterbury Christ Church University Special Collections.