David Ramage: Librarian, Painter, and Poet
Intrigued by David Ramage’s contributions to the mid-twentieth century restoration of Cosin’s Library, Christine Purcell and Ian Bower, two of…
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Portraits in Cosin’s Library
One of the first things visitors notice when they come into Cosin’s Library is the portraits above the bookcases. What…
A virtual ‘quilt’ for Cosin’s Library
A guest post about quilting and Cosin's Library by Amanda Ogden, one of the artist-facilitators for our #CreativeCosins summer workshop programme.
Libraries are not just for reading
A guest post by Liz Mytton, the first of our artist-facilitators in our #CreativeCosins summer workshop programme.
Innovation workshop opportunity
23 and under? Living or studying in County Durham? Then consider applying for our upcoming workshop with the Creative Lab…
The conservation of Bishop Cosin’s Library
Furniture & Wooden Artefacts Conservator Sarah Gerrish writes: As a Furniture Conservator I specialise in preserving significant furniture, wooden artefacts…
Cosin’s Library Fellowships
As part of our project, we are pleased to offer two Cosin Fellowships to enable high-quality research into any aspect…
Discover Cosin’s Library through free online workshops
Last week, the Cosin’s Library Project launched a series of free, online workshops, allowing people to learn more about one of the…
Intelligent, demanding, and meticulous: getting to know Bishop John Cosin
Over the last year, History PhD student Lily Chadwick has been cataloguing the correspondence of Bishop John Cosin, founder of…
Celebrating Cosin’s Library
This time last year, shortly into the first UK lockdown, the Cosin Library Project looked like it would simply forge…