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The poison of Empire

Frankie Chappell finds examples in the Royal Society's archives showing how scientific research into poisons supported colonial projects of…

Shed a little (candle)light

Ellen Embleton gets in the seasonal mood and explores Michael Faraday's famous Royal Institution Christmas Lecture, 'The Chemical History of a…

Crowns and sceptres

Keith Moore finds some amusingly inaccurate representations of the Royal Society in newspapers from the nineteenth century.

2020: A Year of Read & Publish

Discussing our transformative deal with librarians, consortia, editors, authors and industry colleagues has been full of surprises.

Deck the walls

Katherine Marshall suggests some Christmas gift ideas from the Royal Society Print Shop.

Nobel ambitions

Jon Bushell looks at the Nobel Prize certificates in the archives of the Royal Society.

Science in history

Ahead of the Royal Society Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture on 26 November, Rupert Baker looks at the history of the WBM Medal and Lecture and its…

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