From Goosebumps to gore: BCU exhibition to explore horror genre and its younger audiences 🧛 The Youth & Horror Research Network, led by Dr Cat Lester (@unibirmingham.bsky.social) and Dr Kate Egan (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) has curated the exhibition. Read more 👉 shorturl.at/VkIUE

Happy International Nurses Day to our BCU Nurses past and present! 💙 Are you studying to become a Nurse at BCU? The Library is here for you! You can visit our website www.bcu.ac.uk/library Book a tutorial with your Subject Librarian and ask us your Library questions 24/7 via online chat!

Happy release day to alumna Esther Abrami 👏 Her latest album WOMEN is out now! 🎶Listen now: shorturl.at/ZAZ67

🎭 Shakespeare’s Birthday 💸 Win a £10 Amazon Voucher! Whether you’re a long-time Shakespeare fan or you’ve never seen one of his plays before, there’s something for you in our e-resources collection. Win a £10 Amazon Voucher by Celebrating Shakespeare’s Birthday! ⬇ www.bcu.ac.uk/library/news...

April is #NativePlantMonth 🌻🌷🌼 It’s #NationalGardeningDay, so it's the perfect time to take our new native plant personality quiz! Enjoy a bit of playful anthropomorphism with us as you discover whether you’re more like a pine tree or a milkweed. 🌱 Take the quiz 📲: blog.nwf.org/2025/03/whic...

👒 Bloomsbury Fashion Central Database! - Trial! This online collection of historic clothing, from costumes to dresses, gloves and shoes, is peer reviewed by experts 👁 www.bloomsburyfashioncentral.com/home A big thanks to Wang Yan for this beautiful picture!

Spring has definitely arrived at City South, look at all these daffodils outside Mary Seacole Library! Don't forget to take regular breaks from your studying and enjoy the spring flowers while they're here! 💐

We're calling it. This is the single best refinement of a meme in all of human history.

February is LGBT+ History Month! 🏳‍🌈 There is a range of books from historical, art, children's and fiction that can be found at BCU Libraries. View the online collections for LGBT+ History Month resources curated by our Librarians: shorturl.at/jmBEJ #lgbthistorymonth2025🏳️‍🌈

Can anyone help Buckinghamshire Archives out with this one? My guess - One of those long sticks used to open Victorian era windows with, in beta.

In 1945 Rowntree's launched a campaign advertising their cocoa to women at home & in the workplace. As well as being architects, designers, musicians, reporters, librarians and bank tellers, the campaign also showed women as analytical chemists and scientific assistants #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Today marks the start of #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek. Public #Libraries make crucial interventions by offering The Reading Agency's #ReadingWell collection for free. All books come recommended by leading health professionals. readingagency.org.uk/get-reading/...

In Conversation with the Experts: The Future of the United Nations 📅 27 January 2025 📍 In person @mybcu.bsky.social 🔗 Register with QR code in pic This will be the first conference we will live post on @bsky.app

This looks like a great event with some intriguing presentations. Go well Sam!

Starting your research, not sure where to start? ➡ Book a tutorial for in-depth guidance here: www.bcu.ac.uk/library/serv... k-a-tutorial ➡ Pop in to Curzon Library or Mary Seacole between 10am-4pm and speak to a Librarian on searching or referencing Don’t forget to take breaks and stay hydrated!

📢 Library opening times will be changing for Winter Break - libcal.bcu.ac.uk lest you find yourself shut out in the cold! ❄ 📝Curzon Library will NOT be open 24/7 open for limited hours between 24th Dec and 6th Jan 📝All library sites will either be self-service or closed between 25th Dec and 2nd Jan

Happy Christmas Jumper Day from the Library & Learning Resources team at BCU! 🎄 #YourBCULibrary #ChristmasJumperDay2024

loudoun pippin apples, painted by bertha heiges, 1901

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