The Founder of Fort William College In August 1800 Lord Richard Colley Wellesley, an Etonian…
30 January 2025
College Library
The Art and Writings of J.G. Lubbock These images are drawn from a body of…
05 December 2024
“Right in the middle of everything sits the sun” wrote Copernicus in his work De…
13 June 2024
When a collection is as vast as that at Eton College, it becomes increasingly difficult…
08 March 2024
The ‘Venetorum nobilium liber’ (‘Book of the Venetian Nobility’, ECL MS 193), a 16th century…
Pupil Perspective
Among the most beautiful books in College Library are those produced by the private press…
09 November 2023
The coronation of King Charles III earlier this year was the most recent example of…
24 August 2023
It is a common experience for librarians to deal with requests like ‘I am looking…
19 April 2023
A previous blogpost in 2021 celebrated Eton College’s acquisition of the Malcolm Arnold Archive in…
15 February 2023
“Some time ago I believe I had the pleasure of telling you a story …” …
31 October 2022
4 November 2024 marked the centenary of the death of Old Etonian Edward James Hope…
16 February 2025
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