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Tourist maps and the bike craze of the 1890s

Tourist maps and the bike craze of the 1890s

Cycling from in the 1890s transformed the way tourist maps were produced.

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Portrait of Jimmy Wilde and title page of his book

Historical boxing publications

Historical boxing related titles have been recently discovered and made available through our catalogues.

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On the left of this still image from the film 'Bureaucats' is an apple. Sniffing at the apple, from the right, are two plasticine cats, of similar size to the apple, one in the foreground that's pink, and one in the background that's blue.

Amateur Movie Day 2025

Dr. Guy Edmonds writes about the inaugural Amateur Movie Day.

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Two people looking working on a laptop at the National Library of Wales.

Hacathon Hanes 2025

A Welsh Cultural Heritage Hack Day

Brecon Beacons name plaque at Pen-Y-Fan summit.

Crowdsourced data enriching Welsh language resources

Aligning Welsh place name data for the public good

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Group of women transcribing the Peace Petition

Volunteers Help Bring Historic Welsh Peace Petition to Life Online

100,000 names made available on Peace Petition website

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A colour photo portrait of Harry Secombe taken in the 1990s

Sir Cumference

Archivist Rob Evans takes a look at the newly catalogued archive of Welsh comedian Sir Harry Secombe

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A drawing from ‘Bucaniers of America’ by Alexandre Exquemelin, depicting the destruction of a ship in ‘The Spanish Armada’

Library acquires rare periodical

This article focuses on a report of the death of a famous Welsh pirate and the earliest known description of the Jolly Roger flag.

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