In 1848, the Boston Athenaeum acquired more than 300 volumes from the famed Virginian's collection of books. They nearly ...

International construction and property consultancy Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group, has appointed a new associate to oversee the building surveying team within its London office, adding ...

A wing of the capitol building housed the library. As president, Thomas Jefferson appointed the first Librarian of Congress. He chose his campaign manager as the first librarian. To date ...

Yet venerating relics remains far from a “relic” of the past. At the end of 2024, the skull of St. Thomas Aquinas – the great Dominican medieval thinker whose writings I study – made its ...

Demolition of the historic Hamline-Midway Library in St. Paul is now officially underway, more than two years after historic preservationists rallied to prevent the 1930s-era building at 1558 ...

Saint Thomas stared into the mirror two Januarys ago and didn’t like what he saw. The light behind his eyes had faded. His mind raced with dark thoughts. He had to will himself just to get out ...

Tuesday is feast day of St Thomas Aquinas, one of the Catholic Church’s 37 “super saints”, or Doctors of the Church. This week marks the 800th anniversary of his birth. He was a Dominican ...

A red London telephone box has been playfully reimagined into a children’s library kiosk. The project titled The Upper Street Little Library is the result of a joint collaboration between William ...

An economic boom – driven by the Volkswagen electric-vehicle battery plant expected to open in 2027 – is bringing more people to St. Thomas, so city officials are eyeing a new recreation ...

St. Johns County Public Library System’s Main Branch will close on Feb. 3 for at least two months for a roof replacement. During the closure, library holdings will not be due, and items will not ...

Railway passengers are being warned to expect ‘major disruption’ between Peterborough and London Kings Cross tonight (January 21) after a person was hit by a train. A spokesperson for National ...

Cllr Ford explained that a recent consultation asked whether any groups would express a desire to take over the running of a library earmarked for closure. But she said no groups came forward to ...