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Cambridge University launches project to rescue data trapped on old floppy disks

On October 9, Cambridge University Library opened its doors to anyone with an old floppy disk and a question: What’s on here?

Tom’s Hardware

Les Misérables lyricist felt lack of credit for transforming musical to English, letters reveal

Late lyricist Herbert Kretzmer had written to producer Cameron Mackintosh to highlight that his contributions were ‘downgraded’

The Independent UK

Journalist who wrote English lyrics for Les Miserables ‘felt lack of credit’

The 40th anniversary of the English-language version of the musical, which opened in London in 1985, is on October 8.

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Weasel testicles infertility cure features in exhibition on medieval medicine

Manuscripts drawn from the collections of the university library and Cambridge’s historic colleges will go on display.

The Independent UK

Old Crunchie wrapper at Cambridge library whets appetite of online sleuths

Packaging featuring pre-decimalisation pricing and Fry’s branding inspires campaign to deduce its exact age

The Guardian - UK

At its core, life is all about play − just look at the animal kingdom

At Cambridge University Library, along with all the books, maps and manuscripts, there’s a child’s drawing that curators have titled “The Battle of the Fruit and Vegetable Soldiers.”

The Conversation

Tolkien and CS Lewis manuscripts among treasures made available to public in 2023

Spitting Image puppets and Barbara Hepworth works also donated via Acceptance in Lieu and Cultural Gifts schemes

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Cambridge University Library asked to return Book of Deer to Scotland

SNP councillor Glen Reid renews efforts to get back Scotland’s oldest surviving manuscript and ‘right this historical wrong’

The Guardian - UK

Spitting Image’s entire archive donated to Cambridge University Library

The free exhibition Spitting Image: A Controversial History opens at Cambridge University Library on September 30 and runs until February 17 2024.

The Independent UK

LoveFrom, Serif: a modern interpretation of Baskerville created by Jony Ive’s LoveFrom

Jony Ive, Marc Newson and Peter Saville discuss LoveFrom, Serif, their elegant modernisation of one of the most influential and enduring of all early typefaces

Wallpaper

Charles Darwin notebooks that went missing for 20 years are to go on display

The precious manuscripts were discovered to be missing in 2001 and were initially believed to have been put on a wrong shelf.

The Independent UK

2 Darwin notebooks missing for 20 years returned to UK library

It’s a positive note.

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Charles Darwin 'tree of life' notebooks returned to library 20 years after disappearing

The notebooks were written in 1837 and disappeared from Cambridge University library in 2000 after being taken out for a photo shoot. Now, they have been mysteriously returned

Daily Mirror

Missing Charles Darwin notebooks returned to Cambridge University Library 22 years after disappearing

Two notebooks that contain the origins of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution have been mysteriously returned to Cambridge University's library, more than 20 years after they were reported missing.

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