News, Blogs and Essays
Announcing the Linnean Society's Medal and Award Recipients 2025
This year the Linnean Society’s Medals and Awards recognise eight outstanding individuals from the realms of science, the arts and conservation, all working to understand and protect the natural world.
9th April 2025
Dorothy Chapman's (note)books
Two printed books morphed into heavily used notebooks, when lovingly filled out and coloured in by an early 20th-century amateur botanist.
25th March 2025
“This Book is Chineese Manufacture”
This month Conservator Janet Ashdown explores the notebooks used by Alfred Russel Wallace during his Malay Archipelago expedition (1854-1862), focusing on their unusual construction, materials, and the conservation efforts to preserve them.
14th March 2025
HRH The Princess Royal becomes our Patron
We are delighted to announce that HRH The Princess Royal has accepted the Patronage of the Linnean Society.
6th March 2025
Newly Catalogued: The Richard Fitter and IUCN Collections
An introduction to two new collections now available on the Linnean Society Archive catalogue
14th February 2025
Anything But Commonplace: The Lady Pleasance Smith commonplace books
This month, Assistant Archivist Christina McCulloch brings us into the world of the wife of Linnean Society founder James Edward Smith, Lady Pleasance Smith, through her impressive commonplace books.
7th February 2025
