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Thomas Bewick & the History of Quadrupeds
Library volunteer Ian Bower revisits a landmark book in the history of nature writing…
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From North Shields to the Frozen North: A Victorian Adventure
Sandra Bishop explores a tale of travels in the High Arctic from the NHSN’s Transaction In the summer of 1881,…
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Remembering Angus Lunn
The Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN) is deeply saddened to learn of the death of naturalist, conservationist, and former Trustee, Angus Lunn MBE. …
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Nature’s Cure: a day out in Gosforth Nature Reserve
Exploring how nature shapes our lives with a group of North East asylum seekers and refugees As part of our…
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Amazing Grace
Anne Wilson explores the life of the NHSN’s most famous 20th-century Chair, and the first woman to lead the Society…
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Voices from Around the World
Heritage Researcher Mel Tuckett explores some of the rich tapestry of experiences people have shared with NHSN through the Nature’s Cure project…
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Bold Encounters with Insects: Thomas John Bold and the Extreme Wet Winter of 1852–53
Digitization volunteer Sandra Bishop explores a fascinating insight into climate, disease and ecology in the early Transactions of the NHSN…
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Welcoming the “Scientific Stranger”
Heritage Researcher Mel Tuckett opens up the NHSN’s Transactions and discovers the early origins of its community…
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Behind the Scenes of the NHSN Transactions Project
Heritage Researcher Rachel Anderson reflects on the process of digitising our archive of Transactions and making them freely available online for the first time ever….
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The Pitmen Naturalists 5: Alexander Butters
In the fifth instalment of her series of the citizen scientists of the nineteenth-century coalfield, Maureen Flisher traces the journey…