Drawing Blood Q&A, week 10 - who can we see in the original drawings?

23 July 2021

Drawing Blood Q&A, week 10 - who can we see in the original drawings?

Ahead of the launch of our new collaborative art project, we’ve been talking to the artist, Simon Grennan.

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Drawing Blood Q&A, week 9 - what made you choose these drawings?

15 July 2021

Drawing Blood Q&A, week 9 - what made you choose these drawings?

Ahead of the launch of our new collaborative art project, we’ve been talking to the artist, Simon Grennan.

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Drawing Blood Q&A, week 8 - did the Victorians find these sorts of political cartoons funny?

9 July 2021

Drawing Blood Q&A, week 8 - did the Victorians find these sorts of political cartoons funny?

Ahead of the launch of our new collaborative art project, we’ve been talking to the artist, Simon Grennan.

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Drawing Blood Q&A, week 7 - who would have been enjoying these drawings when they were first printed?

8 July 2021

Drawing Blood Q&A, week 7 - who would have been enjoying these drawings when they were first printed?

Ahead of the launch of our new collaborative art project, we’ve been talking to the artist, Simon Grennan.

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Drawing Blood Q&A, week 6 - who drew the Victorian cartoons?

27 May 2021

Drawing Blood Q&A, week 6 - who drew the Victorian cartoons?

Ahead of the launch of our new collaborative art project, we’ve been talking to the artist, Simon Grennan.

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Drawing Blood Q&A, week 5 - where did you get the original cartoons from?

27 May 2021

Drawing Blood Q&A, week 5 - where did you get the original cartoons from?

Ahead of the launch of our new collaborative art project, we’ve been talking to the artist, Simon Grennan.

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Drawing Blood Q&A, week 4 - what do you want this project to achieve?

27 May 2021

Drawing Blood Q&A, week 4 - what do you want this project to achieve?

Ahead of the launch of our new collaborative art project, we’ve been talking to the artist, Simon Grennan.


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From the Archives...do you still send Christmas cards?

13 December 2019

From the Archives...do you still send Christmas cards?

Before the reign of Queen Victoria no one in Britain celebrated Christmas in the way we do today. There were no Christmas crackers, no one had heard of Santa Claus and no Christmas cards were sent. During the reign of Victoria, from 1837 onwards, the wealth of printing inventions and technologies of the industrial revolution meant that the face of Christmas changed forever.

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Remembering John Moorman

22 November 2019

Remembering John Moorman

John Moorman (1905 – 1989), Bishop of Ripon, was a leading authority on St Francis of Assisi and the history of the Franciscan Order. After his ordination in 1929, he was curate of Holbeck in Leeds before being appointed rector of Fallowfield in Manchester. During the Second World War, staying true to his pacifist beliefs, he worked as a farmhand in Wharfedale quite literally digging for victory. 

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Digital relationships

8 October 2019

Digital relationships

Every few years, there is a gathering of a unique set of clans. In the UK, they are called ‘independent libraries’, while in the US they are ‘member libraries’; in Australia, they are ‘mechanics institutes’. All are libraries that make their own way in the world, with small budgets and even smaller staff numbers.

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