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Discover NLS

Magazine cover showing a comic map of Scotland
Turn the pages of our
flippable version of
issue 22.

'Discover NLS' is the National Library of Scotland's full-colour magazine, issued three times a year.

Issue 22, winter 2012, includes:

  • 'Desperate Dan at NLS — a specially created cartoon featuring one of the key characters from 'The Dandy'
  • The famous mapmaking firm of John Bartholomew & Son — the focus of the exhibition that opens on 7 December
  • The space race from the USSR's point of view
  • Women who contributed fairy tales to the Grimm brothers.

Read the full 'Discover NLS' issue 22 online (PDF: 26 pages; 2.2 MB)

 

Back issues

You'll find back issues of 'Discover NLS' in our archive. Each is available as a PDF file.

 

Paper copies

From issue 21, we are providing our award-winning magazine online only. This allows us to make considerable savings on rising print production and postage costs. It also helps us to reduce our carbon footprint significantly.

We are conscious that some of our readers may prefer to sit and relax with a magazine, so some paper copies will still be available in our Visitor Centre.

 

Comments and enquiries

We welcome editorial contributions, comments and enquiries — please email marketing@nls.uk.

 

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