February 2012

We love…

by Bean an Phoist on February 14, 2012 · 2 comments

in Cataloguing,Collections,Digital Collections,Manuscripts,Prints & Drawings

Bean an Phoist says: A few weeks ago, I asked NLI staff to pick things they love in our collections (maybe also about love) and to write about them for Valentine’s Day. Those who weren’t nimble enough to avoid me since then, are included here. And there will be two other posts today – Honora [...]

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Yeats in Love, Joyce Skateboards and Dreamboat Laureate

by Bean an Phoist on February 10, 2012 · 5 comments

in Collections,Guest Bloggers,Prints & Drawings

by Annie West, Illustrator Annie recently donated a selection of her prints to our Prints & Drawings Collection Yeats in Love Looking at my work, you’d probably expect to hear I’m busy with my nose in my Collected Works of W.B. Yeats every day, carefully studying every line, looking for nuance, analyzing every simile and [...]

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