Back issues of 'Discover NLS'

Turn the pages of our
flippable version of
issue 21.

This archive of the National Library of Scotland's magazine starts from spring 2006, when the magazine was launched.

• 'Discover NLS' issue 21 (PDF: 32 pages; 3 MB)
• 'Discover NLS' issue 20 (PDF: 30 pages; 1.9 MB)
• 'Discover NLS' issue 19 (PDF: 26 pages; 2 MB)
• 'Discover NLS' issue 18 (PDF: 20 pages; 1.8 MB)
• 'Discover NLS' issue 17 (PDF: 25 pages; 1.8 MB)
• Discover NLS issue 16 (PDF: 27 pages; 1.6 MB) — summer 2010
• Discover NLS issue 15 (PDF: 25 pages; 1.8 MB) — spring 2010
• Discover NLS issue 14 (PDF: 27 pages; 1.8 MB) — winter 2009
  — read online:
  
  • Our new exhibition puts theatre in the spotlight
    — read the Scottish theatre exhibition article
  • A look at the Jacobite manuscript 'The Lyon in Mourning'
    — read the 'End of a rebellion' article
  • In search of space
    — read the article on storage solutions as NLS

• Discover NLS issue 13 (PDF: 27 pages; 2.4 MB) — autumn 2009
  — read online:
  
  • The story of how Charles Darwin wrote 'On the Origin of Species'
    — read evolution of 'Origin of Species' article
  • The role of Scotswomen in the Spanish Civil War
    — read Scotland's foreign war article
  • Connections that link Arthur Conan Doyle with military conflict in Afghanistan
    — read Conan Doyle/Afghan connections article.
• Discover NLS issue 12 (PDF: 27 pages; 1.6 MB) — summer 2009
  — read online:
  
  • Stories from our summer exhibition on emigration
    — read emigrants' tale article
  • The two wives of John Franklin
    — read article about Franklin's wives
  • The man behind the map
    — read John George Bartholomew article.
• Discover NLS issue 11 (PDF: 27 pages; 2.3 MB) — spring 2009
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  • Scottish music and its global influence
    — Scots music exhibition article
  • How Eadweard Muybridge's photographs of a horse helped settle a bet
    — Eadweard Muybridge article
  • Patrick Geddes — 'father of town planning' and 'man of all reason'
    — Patrick Geddes article.
• Discover NLS issue 10 (PDF: 27 pages; 2.1 MB) — winter 2008
• Discover NLS issue 9 (PDF: 18 pages; 1.4 MB) — summer 2008
• Discover NLS issue 8 (PDF: 16 pages; 1.4 MB) — spring 2008
• Discover NLS issue 7 (PDF: 18 pages; 2.1 MB) — winter 2008
• Discover NLS issue 6 (PDF: 16 pages; 1.72 MB) — winter 2007
• Discover NLS issue 5 (PDF: 16 pages; 1.85 MB) — summer 2007
• Discover NLS issue 4 (PDF: 17 pages; 1 MB) — spring 2007
• Discover NLS issue 3 (PDF: 17 pages; 1 MB) — winter 2006
• Discover NLS issue 2 (PDF: 17 pages; 978 KB) — summer 2006
• Discover NLS issue 1 (PDF: 17 pages; 928 KB) — spring 2006

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