'Darwin's entire works go online' by Ian Sample, The Guardian, 19 October 2006.

'A small-sized history of fashion in the movies' by Sheila Johnston, Telegraph.co.uk, 16 September 2006.

"As the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union nears, an academic has fanned controversy by claiming the 'parcel of rogues' did not sell Scotland down the river." 'Betrayed? No, Scots wanted the Union' by Lorna Martin, The Observer, 24 September 2006.

Index of Medieval Medical Images - from UCLA

"From cradle to grave": NHS History

Light Magic: The life and work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (iToors.com).

The National Archives have made the Domesday Book available online. They've also provided some great accompanying material, including information on food and drink in the 'World of Domesday' feature.

'New research indicates Johnson gave up on his dictionary' by Maev Kennedy. The Guardian, 3 August 2006.

Good to know that even Johnson struggled with his deadlines.

'Chilling mystery of Kelvingrove's secret signed Hitler photo' by Anna Miller. The Scotsman, 15 July 2006.

Researching Cruikshank's series of cartoons, The Bottle and The Drunkard's Children, I came across this great site about Magic Lantern slides. Fantastic.

'Pressed for time' by Jim Gilchrist. The Scotsman, 12 May 2006.
"ON 4 APRIL, 1508, ... The Complaint of the Black Knight or The Mayng or Disport of Chaucer was the first book known to have been printed in Scotland.

The quincentenary of that first publication from a Scottish press is almost two years away, but on the 30th of this month, at the National Library of Scotland, a rolling programme of celebratory events for 2008 will be announced ..."

History, Sun, And Fresh Air: Museums With Parks And Gardens (Untold London).

Discover London Trails (24 hour museum), including Historic Gardens Museum Trail and Bright Lights and City Squares.

RSA Anniversary Treasure Trail. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Ethnomedica: Remembered Remedies - Researching the Herbal Traditions of Britain.

What Women Want is the latest exhibition at the Women's Library. Exhibits are arranged to cover the areas of pleaseure, home life, work, security, independence and equality.

Spent most of this week on business in Bremen, where I was delighted to see the statue of the famous musicians.

Sur la Lune Fairy Tales includes the tale and illustrations by Walter Crane and Arthur Rackham.

The Bremen Tourism site has pictures and the 1847 version of the tale.

Brementown Musicians includes an interactive tale and game.

Mappa Mundi (Hereford Catherdral website)

Mappa Mundi (Hereford Web Pages)

Making a Mappamundi: the Hereford map by Scott D. Westrem

Mappa Mundi: a medieval look at time and place by Peg Meier

Penguin Most Wanted includes a history of crime novels published by Penguin: 'Green is the colour' by Beverley Cousins.

Rupert Bear is being restyled for TV. Meanwhile, he has been nominated as a style icon - vote here. The official website includes annual covers for 1936-2005. A brief history is online at Teddy Bear UK.

Travels into several remote nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver is Glasgow University's book of the month.

'Rooms with a View: Landscape & Wallpaper' by Michel Leight.The City Review, 7 July 2001.

Theory and Practice: Late Victorian Wallpaper by John Burrows.

'Wallpaper' by Barbara Krasner-Khait. History Magazine, Oct-Nov 2001.

Turning the Pages at the Wellcome Trust includes the Wellcome Apocalypse (c.1420-30), Nujum al-'Ulum (Stars of Sciences) and On Cutaneous Diseases by Robert Willan (London, 1808).

Meanwhile, the National Library of Medicine's Turning the Pages Online includes Conrad Gesner’s Historiae Animalium (Studies on Animals), Ambroise Paré’s Oeuvres, Andreas Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica and Johannes de Ketham's Fasiculo de Medicina