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Whose fault is famine? What the world failed to learn from 1840s Ireland

A new book by a Cambridge University academic revisits one of the worst famines in recorded history. The Irish Famine of the 1840s had terrible consequences: 1 million people died and several million left Ireland. Today the world is watching as millions in Africa face a similar fate: starvation in the midst of plenty. Dr David Nally's analysis of what happened in his native Ireland less than two centuries ago reveals some shocking parallels with what is happening in Africa.

A slice of Cumbria's medieval past

Jocelin of Furness was one of the most significant writers to emerge from England's north-west during the Middle Ages, but historians have tended to overlook his work. Now a team of researchers are trying to increase awareness of his importance and what his writings tell us about life at the turn of the 13th century.

Mapping the origins of a masterpiece

Published 400 years ago, the first comprehensive atlas of Great Britain is being celebrated by Cambridge University Library, home to one of only five surviving proof sets, all of which differ in their composition.

Eyewitness accounts of 1641 Irish rebellion released

The first-hand testimonies of thousands of people who witnessed the bloody rebellion that paved the way for centuries of sectarian conflict in Ireland have been released online.

Tales of Vikings and Irish, clerics and kings

Máire Ní Mhaonaigh is unravelling legends within gems of literature surviving from medieval Ireland.

Under the sea

Scientists explore huge volume of molten rock now frozen into the crust under the ocean’s floor.

Rebellion, repression, retribution

John Morrill explores one of the most extraordinary and least understood aspects of Anglo-Irish history – the rebellion of 1641.

Going feral

Are there any wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Robert Macfarlane has travelled in search of them, reflecting on the meaning of ‘wildness’ and the nature writing tradition.

The Copyright Cup

Books were replaced by boots as a team from Cambridge University Library travelled to Edinburgh last weekend for the inaugural Copyright Cup football tournament.