The Linnean Society welcomes its very first CEO
An internationally recognised expert in the public engagement of science, Gail Cardew has spent the majority of her career supporting scientists to engage actively with society
Correspondence of Nathaniel John Winch: Botany, Bankruptcy and Coal Mines
Assistant Archivist Luke Thorne delves into the recently catalogued correspondence of Nathaniel John Winch, an 18th century botanist, geologist, and merchant
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin's letters to Linnaeus
Nikolaus Joseph Baron von Jacquin: A botanist, an 18th century collector and a pen pal to Linnaeus
Scientist, activist or advocate?
Ahead of the launch of our Planetary Emergency Committee, Linnean Future, Professor Andy Purvis FLS writes about how he recalibrated the idea of his role as a natural scientist, about the importance of taking on 'deniers' and starting conversations
Cereus: A Blooming Obsession
An Extraordinary Plant Through the Lens of Migration, Ritual and Memory by Daryl Stenvoll-Wells
Professor Brian G. Gardiner PPLS (1932-2021)
Thomas Spencer Cobbold’s drawings of the hidden lives of parasites
Assistant Archivst Luke Thorn reveals a lifetime of "patient and accurate labour"
Edward M Holmes: A prescriber of salves for both bodies and hearts
“…all-round naturalist and a born collector”: The correspondence collection of Edward Morell Holmes
Manuscripts and drawings of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton now on the archive catalogue!
Working from home this year, the Collections staff has markedly increased remote access to our heritage material via our catalogues and website
Edward Topsell's Reindeer
Conservator Janet Ashdown looks at Edward Topsell's 17th-century text 'The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents'