What's On: 18 January - 16 June 2012
(closed 6 - 9 April inclusive); Exhibition: Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books; For more events, please see the Library diary

In the Spotlight: Women, Fashion and Frivolity

If, as we saw in an earlier post, evolutionary theory could account for the peculiarities and embellishments of men’s dress, what about women’s fashion?

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News: 18th January 2012
University Library's greatest treasures on show
An unpublished Rupert Brooke poem will sit alongside some of Cambridge University Library's greatest treasures when a free exhibition of highlights from its priceless collections opens to the public on January 18.
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4th January 2012
Library manuscripts featured on BBC Radio 4