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2016-04-13

  Plague!

Listen to Dr Anette Hagan as she walks you around Plague! our latest exhibition which looks at cultural history of contagious diseases in Scotland.
  NLSLearning author
2015-08-03

  Lifting the Lid on 400 years of food in Scotland

Manuscripts curator Olive Geddes provides an audio overview of the National Library of Scotland's summer exhibition which looks at the changing relationship Scotland has had with food and drink over the last 400 years.
  NLSLearning author
2015-01-27

  Game of Crowns: the 1715 Jacobite Rising

Robert Betteridge, National Library of Scotland rare books curator, provides an overview of the exhibition which commemorates the 300th anniversary of the 1715 rising.
  NLSLearning author
2014-08-08

  Behind the Lines: Personal stories of the First World War

National Library of Scotland curators Jan Usher and Alison Metcalfe talk about the Library's WWI exhibition which is open until 11 November 2014 at the NLS main building on George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. http://digital.nls.uk/great-war/
  NLSLearning author
2013-06-19

  David Livingstone: Picturing Africa

David McClay, National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Curator guides listeners through the Library's current exhibition which celebrates the iconic images of Africa that were created from sketches, photographs and notes made during David Livingstone's...
  NLSLearning author
2013-04-03

  Lunatic asylums reports of British India

National Library of Scotland's Medical History of British India project manager, Francine Millard talks about some of the things covered in the reports on lunatic asylums run by the British in colonial India.
  NLSLearning author
2013-01-03

  Medical History of British India Project

Francine Millard, Digitisation Manager for the Medical History of British India Project at the National Library of Scotland gives an overview of the project looking at colonial medicine in India during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  NLSLearning author
2012-09-14

  Scottish Screen Archive: A window in time

SSA Manager, Ruth Washbrook talks about how the films of and about Scotland provide a 'rear view window in time'.
  NLSLearning author
2012-09-05

  Who were the Brothers Grimm?

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Grimm's popular German tales first appearing in print, NLS Rare Books Curator, Anette Hagan talks about how Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm came to write the stories.
  NLSLearning author
2012-08-06

  Going to the Pictures: Scotland at the Cinema

Curator Andrew Martin discusses the lure and fascination of going to the cinema in Scotland from the earliest days.
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