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The Art & Architecture Library at Minto House, Chambers Street, will close for the winter teaching vacation from 5.00pm on Friday 19th December, until 9.00am on Monday 12th January 2026. A fetch service will be in place for accessing the A&A Library book collection during the period 5th – 9th January; details will be published […]
Asemic writing, an intriguing form of expression devoid of specific semantic content, offers a universal language that transcends linguistic barriers. Emerging in the late 20th century, it has captivated artists seeking to explore the boundaries between text and visual art. Asemic writing’s abstract, calligraphic strokes evoke the appearance of writing without conveying explicit meaning, inviting […]
The release this week is another step closer to ending all support for SL7. Here are all the notable changes… Dec 8, 2025
Today’s Film: The Great Escape On the surface, this may not seem like a Christmas film, but many in Britain will sit down to watch it during the holidays, mostly because it is guaranteed to be on at least one channel at some point! In much the same way as Dinner for One has become […]
I am walking with my eleven-year-old daughter, Iona. We have been waiting for a good time to do this for a while and today it is just the two of us at home, so it is the perfect opportunity. It is a foggy Saturday morning at the start of December and some of the houses […]
We are delighted to share that Lukas Aumayr, postdoctoral researcher at the Blockchain Technology Laboratory, has received the 2025 Bitcoin Research Prize for the paper “BitVM2: Bridging Bitcoin to Second Layers,” co-authored with Robin Linus, Lukas Aumayr, Zeta Avarikioti, Matteo Maffei, Andrea Pelosi, Orfeas Thyfronitis Litos, Christos Stefo, David Tse, and Alexei Zamyatin. The announcement […]