Fun Fact of the Month Archives

National Poetry Day! Celebrating Charlotte Smith (1749-1806)

Today is National Poetry Day. We remember Charlotte Turner Smith (1749-1806), poet and novelist: 'the first poet in England whom in retrospect we would call Romantic' as the editor of her verse, Stuart Curran, writes. Next week, scholars of [...]

Clio O'sullivan2016-12-14T14:01:56+00:006th October 2016|Fun Fact of the Month, Library Blog, Woman Writer of the Month|

March’s Fun Fact of the Month

In 2001, we discovered a message in a bottle, left under the flooring.

Clio O'sullivan2016-11-23T10:23:45+00:0031st March 2016|Fun Fact of the Month|

February’s Fun Fact of the Month

In 1666 Aphra Behn was recruited as a political spy in Antwerp on behalf of King Charles II.

Clio O'sullivan2016-11-23T10:23:45+00:0026th February 2016|Fun Fact of the Month|

January’s Fun Fact of the Month

Maria Graham (née Dundas and later known as Maria, Lady Callcott), experienced a major earthquake in Chile in 1822.

Neil-BWT2016-11-23T10:23:45+00:0029th January 2016|Fun Fact of the Month|