We’re proud to have co-curated this exhibition with – a charity supporting people with HIV and Hepatitis C. Find out more on their website > waverleycare.org
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The display also features Princess Diana's signature in the Milestone House guest book – an example of the high-profile support which followed community work.
Image: Permission of Waverley Care.
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Visitors can see handmade arts and crafts, a timeline of how society dealt with the epidemic, newspapers showing attitudes to HIV and AIDS, and medicines and medical information showing the evolution of treatments.
Image: Permission of Waverley Care.
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The display honours those who campaigned, nursed, and raised awareness and funds, and those who died and survived. It includes stories from Milestone House workers, as shown here with Ruth’s story.
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A charity called Waverley Care was formed. In 1991 Milestone House opened. It was Scotland’s first AIDS hospice – a place where people with AIDS could live and die with dignity.
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When HIV arrived in Edinburgh in the 1980s, the government was slow to act, mystery surrounded infection, and no treatments existed. In the face of this, communities united to respond to the epidemic.
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‘Blood, Sweat and Tears: Scotland’s HIV Story’ looks at the community activism and creativity which characterised the on-the-ground response to the epidemic. It also focuses on Milestone House, the UK’s first purpose-built AIDS hospice.
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We’ve partnered with Waverley Care to tell Scotland’s HIV and AIDS story in a free display opening today at George IV Bridge, Edinburgh.
nls.uk/exhibitions/bl
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An honour to be at the launch of Blood, Sweat and Tears: Scotland's HIV Story, a collaboration between and . So moving, so impactful, so worth a visit. The exhibition launches tomorrow and will run until December: nls.uk/whats-on/
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Delighted to be at today for the launch of Blood, Sweat and Tears: Scotland's HIV Story
has put so much work into this exhibition alongside the brilliant library staff & co-researchers
Its gonna be open till December and is free!
nls.uk/whats-on
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Read aboot the Glasgow Looking Glass, whit's noo kent as the warld's first comic - prentit in 1825!
➡️ wee-windaes.nls.uk/glasgow-lookin
Pairt o Wee Windaes fae an
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Happy to announce with + support from a fully-funded CDP studentship supervised by . What role should libraries play in supporting refugee publishing? Info & apply:
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We're working to preserve footage of events around the King's Coronation. If you filmed a street party, or another event marking the Coronation, please get in touch with us at auth.nls.uk/contact/ask-a-
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The Roy Military Survey of Scotland provides a vivid picture of mid-18th century Scotland.
Explore this map on our Map Images Website, and use the Side by Side Viewer to compare past and present.
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/si
#Dunstaffnage #HistoricMaps
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Our newest additions to the catalogue include Hugh McDiarmid on his 86th birthday, a 1970's family trip to Orkney, poet George Mackay Brown strolling through Stromness, & footage of Glasgow Cross in 1935.
Watch these, and so much more through this link: movingimage-onsite.nls.uk/search?latest=
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Dunblane Library has #TouringDisplay Scotland’s Photograph Album from 4 May to 17 May featuring display panels of moving image collections and a case of objects for some hands-on fun
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National Librarian Amina Shah talks to Chris Carse Wilson about his new novel, ‘Fray’. This event is currently streaming live on YouTube > youtube.com/watch?v=y2REsm
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A reminder that our Library buildings will be closed on Monday 8 May for the King’s Coronation Bank Holiday.
Our buildings will reopen as normal on Tuesday 9 May.
Tune in to the YouTube at 5.30pm today to see (and hear) Chris Carse Wilson talking to our National Librarian about his new novel 'Fray' > youtube.com/watch?v=y2REsm
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🥳Edinburgh is hoachin' this Thursday! Chris Carse Wilson is reading from debut novel, 'Fray' in with 📖
Tickets are available via the link below 🎫👇
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A novel conversation
Join our National Librarian @AminaTShah as she talks to Chris Carse Wilson about his debut novel, 'Fray' > eventbrite.ca/e/fray-by-chri
Thursday, 5.30pm, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
Photo credit: Ross Fraser
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Our building tours are running as usual over the Bank Holiday weekends this month! Join one to learn more about the history of Kelvin Hall.
Book your place at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/kelvin-hall-
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We are delighted to announce that we have
#TouringExhibition Scotland’s Photographs opening 4th-17th May at Dunblane Library. This free exhibition features display panels of the Library’s moving image collections and a case of objects for some hands-on fun.
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An interesting article from about You Are Here - an exhibition all about maps, that we currently have on loan from . 🗺️
You can view the exhibition during our normal opening hours until the end of May.
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Charting the Development of Maps theorkneynews.scot/2023/05/04/cha
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Tonight! Join us in person in Edinburgh, or online from anywhere in the world...
Free tickets, link below.
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A novel conversation
Join our National Librarian @AminaTShah as she talks to Chris Carse Wilson about his debut novel, 'Fray' > eventbrite.ca/e/fray-by-chri
Thursday, 5.30pm, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
Photo credit: Ross Fraser
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May the Forth be with you.
(View of the Firth of Forth with geological section, 1856)
maps.nls.uk/view/216586120 #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay #FirthOfForth
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A novel conversation
Join our National Librarian as she talks to Chris Carse Wilson about his debut novel, 'Fray' > eventbrite.ca/e/fray-by-chri
Thursday, 5.30pm, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
Photo credit: Ross Fraser
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We've just added 1,135 #MoreMaps to our website.
Explore index maps for England and Wales, for both county series and National Grid mapping. Very useful for tracing civil parish boundaries 😁.
maps.nls.uk/additions/#141
maps.nls.uk/view/242860257
![One-inch to the mile map with coloured parishes. Sheet 185 - [Northampton]
Surveyed: 1883 to 1885, Revised: 1897, Published: 1901](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FvM5SmBXoAAdDb6?format=jpg&name=900x900)
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Didn't catch our #FestivalofBroadcasting?
Not a problem! We've put this series of lively, informal chats with big names from Scottish broadcasting on YouTube > youtube.com/playlist?list=
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Huge thanks to for featuring me in today's . I'm thrilled!
Want to hear more about my journey from a storm in Glen Coe to publishing?
I'm speaking with this Thursday evening. Free tickets: eventbrite.ca/e/fray-by-chri
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Lost Roads and Forgotten Journeys
Fulbright Scholar Paul Daniel Marriott shares his findings from the Library's Newman and Bartholomew Collections using rare journals, travel guides and maps.
In person and online 17.30GMT 25 May 2023.
eventbrite.ca/e/lost-roads-a
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Our Capital Gaelic partners are holding workshops this week on their Gaelic Language Plan. Tomorrow at James Gillespie High School or online 4 May. Register here > forms.office.com/Pages/Response
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I can’t wait to speak about ‘Fray’ -
the most eagerly anticipated novel of the year, with the author . Don’t miss your chance to hear him on Thursday. eventbrite.com/e/551535787387
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Sharing again, for anyone who missed my film introducing Fray...
And I'm speaking @natlibscot at 5.30pm this Thursday 4 May with the wonderful @AminaTShah
Free tickets, for attending in-person and online: eventbrite.ca/e/fray-by-chri
Looking forward to it!
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Watch this map unfold into a panoramic view of the Grampian Mountains spanning from Ben Lomond to the Forest of Arthol🌳
#SomethingBig #Archive30
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Join today's online talk at 1pm with Head of Rare Books to find out more about their copy of Shakespeare's First Folio, as part of the UK's #FirstFolio celebrations! Zoom link here: eventbrite.co.uk/x/friday-focus
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We're nearing the end of our time with the fascinating National Library of Scotland touring display 'Lifting the Lid', which tells the story of food and drink in Scotland.
You'll find it on the top floor of Falkirk Library.
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We are delighted that we have #TouringExhibition Scotland’s Photographs running 20 April-3 May at Central Library. This free exhibition features display panels of the Library’s moving image collections and a case of objects for some hands-on fun. #NatLibScot #scotland
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The newest item in our collection is a collation of 12 original John Wood Town Plans of Northern Towns, published between 1820 -1827. The maps were bound by Frank Graham ca.1991 into the 'Town Atlas of Northumberland and Durham'. #somethingnew #Archive30 search.nls.uk/permalink/f/mp
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Join Librarian Elizabeth Ingham & Head of Rare Books Helen Vincent at Friday Focus online to celebrate ! eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-focus and view the full 'Scotland's First Folios' film ow.ly/aPwH50NLTS4
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📣 📚 Upcoming book event! will be visiting tomorrow to talk all about her new book – Planting with Nature: A Guide to Sustainable Gardening.
Taking place Thu 27 Apr at 2pm, book your free in-person ticket or watch online 👇
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