News, Blogs and Essays
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
2nd March 2021
Cereus: A Blooming Obsession
Daryl Stenvoll-Wells, Biomedia Project Manager, reflects on an extraordinary plant through the lens of migration, ritual and memory
21st February 2021
Thomas Spencer Cobbold’s drawings of the hidden lives of parasites
Assistant Archivist Luke Thorne reveals a lifetime of "patient and accurate labour"
25th January 2021
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
6th January 2021
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
17th December 2020