Twenty years ago, two small notebooks written by 19th-century naturalist Charles Darwin mysteriously disappeared from the archives of Cambridge University Library. One of the notebooks even contains ...

The university has a long history of overdue books, forgotten keys and stolen clock hands returned late.

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A 19th Century miniature "travelling library" containing 9cm-long (3.5in) French books has been added to a university collection. Travelling libraries became popular during the age of horse-drawn ...

Seminal works left in pink gift bag with ‘happy Easter’ note for librarian after going missing in 2001 The plot was worthy of a Dan Brown thriller – two Charles Darwin manuscripts worth millions of ...

Exhibition to reveal truth about books hidden in 17-storey tower said to include pornography To avoid disappointment, an exhibition opening this week at the Cambridge University library should carry ...

Several historical treasures from Cambridge University Library (UL) have been put on display online. The UL has become the first institution from the University of Cambridge to team up with Google ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For the second year in a row, the Riba Stirling Prize, the UK’s most prestigious architecture award, has gone ...

Book worms, and lovers of the arcane, your dream job may just be round the corner. If you fancy spending your day among the pages of literary excellency, and volumes from the country's finest minds, ...

Two Charles Darwin manuscripts have been reported as stolen from Cambridge University Library two decades after they were last seen. Staff believed that the precious items had been ‘mis-shelved’ ...