11 March 2019
Robert Louis Stevenson – one of the most read authors in the world
Contributor: Christian Brochier Robert Louis Stevenson is confirmed as one of the most read authors of all time according to OCLC, the non-profit global library cooperative. The novels by RLS ‘Treasure Island’ appears 5th and ‘Kidnapped’ 71st in the ‘The Library 100’ – the list of most popular novels of all time. https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat/library100.html
28 January 2019
Industrial heritage in Northern France – a Canal pump ‘machine à Robert’
Contributor: Andrew Brown, Canaux et rivières du Nord Andrew Brown, a member of our European network through his membership of the Northern Canals and Rivers Network, passionate about Edith Cavell (British nurse who cared for wounded soldiers during the “Great War” and helped many Allied soldiers to escape from Belgium, it was shot by the […]