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josefinabravo
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Published Date
June 2, 2017

Improved Open Access Library fully accessible again

The MERL and Special Collections Open Access Library is now fully accessible again! In this library, which can be accessed from the…

An image of a Michael Brown drawing.
Author
josefinabravo
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Published Date
June 1, 2017

Discovering the landscape: lost landscapes of Michael Brown

Discover the lost landscapes of landscape architect Michael Brown, drawn from the archives of the Landscape Institute at the MERL.

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
April 28, 2017

Access to the MERL and Special Collections Library: May 2017

Due to essential maintenance work, we regret to inform you that access to the MERL and Special Collections open access…

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
April 11, 2017

Is this a garden or a teeny tiny farm?

< Science engagement officer, Robyn Hopcroft, provides an update on our sugar beet growing project. It’s National Gardening Week, and...

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
April 10, 2017

Landscape Education in the UK: past present and future

On Saturday 1 April 2017 MERL hosted a FOLAR (Friends of the Landscape Library and Archive at Reading) study day on…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 30, 2017

Discovering the Landscape: Student bursary winners announced

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 17, 2017

Why is there a flying saucer in The MERL garden?

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 14, 2017

Tanya Harrod: Archaic Modernists: Women, Textiles and the Margins of Europe

< Paddy Bullard reflects on Tanya Harrod’s seminar as part of the Department of English Literature and the MERL speaker...

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
February 17, 2017

Discovering the Landscape: Book now for a place on FOLAR's Landscape Education study day

Delegates at the 2016 FOLAR study day browsing a pop-up exhibition of landscape library and archive material in the MERL…