Elizabeth Smith

Hark, what news! The UL Choir will be performing carols in the entrance hall of Cambridge University Library on Wednesday 18th December at noon. Don't miss this wonderful Cambridge tradition! If you can't make it in person, we will post the whole performance on YouTube.

Autumn sunshine

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One of the most critically acclaimed TV shows of the 2020s has yet to win the industry’s biggest award. What’s going on with ‘Reservation Dogs’ and the Emmys? trib.al/iwcxuuB

summer flowers in Dorset ❤️

What a week! A day at the Fitzwilliam Museum talking about plant humanities followed by a day at the Royal Society to celebrate the launch of this fantastic resource. Huge congratulations to everyone who made it happen!

Cannot say enough good things about La Chimera - I saw it in a London Curzon on a lazy Saturday afternoon and I haven’t stopped thinking about it. Dreamy and charming but never over sentimental. A gem of a film.

Elderflower season ❤️🌸

Another winner from #Punchdrunk - as dream-like, absorbing, and spooky as usual but an interestingly intimate follow up from Burnt City. Saw it in preview and might have to go back. #violasroom #followthelight

Our crime fiction exhibition, Murder by the Book, is now open! Featuring 100 famous UK crime novels, Agatha Christie's typewriter, and Wilkie Collins' writing desk, the exhibition is free to attend but requires pre-booking. Open from 23 March to 24 August. lib.cam.ac.uk/murderbythebook

In France for a conference - might have done some Easter shopping…

RT @JackDAshby: I am *extremely* excited about this. Please share with anyone who might be keen: we're offering a FULLY FUNDED PhD students…

RT @CUHerb: Our newest Zooniverse project is ready for citizen scientist volunteers! By transcribing herbarium specimen labels, volunteers…

RT @Epsilon95166209: .. and read MORE of Henslow's letters here! epsilon.ac.uk/search?sort=da…

@EdwinRose3 @theUL @CUHerb @CUBotanicGarden @guardian Fantastic! Looking forward to the show.

@ElizabethLSmit1 @theUL Yes, and many of these were cut out and used by Henslow as labels on specimens in @CUHerb @CUBotanicGarden. Some even found their way into @guardian over the weekend...theguardian.com/science/2024/m…

Grateful to @EdwinRose3 for suggesting I look at a particular box marked ‘Plant Sciences Library Miscellanea’ -pictured here ‘poison’ labels and one of many ads for JS Henslow’s botanical lectures (MS Add.10205) @theUL

This weekend I saw two plays. One of them was terrible in so many ways I wouldn’t know where to start. Fortunately the other was @RedPitchPlay at @sohoplacelondon and I really can’t recommend it highly enough. Everyone involved is hugely talented.

They’re baaaaaack… #Punchdrunk #followthelight

Incredible news!!

RT @CamDigHum: JOB KLAXON: just two weeks left to apply to join our team as an Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities. Apply, apply, a…