Back issues of 'Discover NLS'

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

• 'Discover NLS' issue 22 (PDF) (PDF: 26 pages; 2.2 MB)
  — Flippable version of issue 22
• 'Discover NLS' issue 21 (PDF) (PDF: 32 pages; 3 MB)
  — Flippable version of issue 21
• 'Discover NLS' issue 20 (PDF) (PDF: 30 pages; 1.9 MB)
• 'Discover NLS' issue 19 (PDF: 26 pages; 2 MB)
• 'Discover NLS' issue 18 (PDF) (PDF: 20 pages; 1.8 MB)
• 'Discover NLS' issue 17 (PDF) (PDF: 25 pages; 1.8 MB)
• 'Discover NLS' issue 16 (PDF) (PDF: 27 pages; 1.6 MB) — summer 2010
• 'Discover NLS' issue 15 (PDF) (PDF: 25 pages; 1.8 MB) — spring 2010
• 'Discover NLS' issue 14 (PDF) (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) (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) (PDF: 27 pages; 1.6 MB) — summer 2009
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  • 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) (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) (PDF: 27 pages; 2.1 MB) — winter 2008
• 'Discover NLS' issue 9 (PDF) (PDF: 18 pages; 1.4 MB) — summer 2008
• 'Discover NLS' issue 8 (PDF) (PDF: 16 pages; 1.4 MB) — spring 2008
• 'Discover NLS' issue 7 (PDF) (PDF: 18 pages; 2.1 MB) — winter 2008
• 'Discover NLS' issue 6 (PDF) (PDF: 16 pages; 1.72 MB) — winter 2007
• 'Discover NLS' issue 5 (PDF) (PDF: 16 pages; 1.85 MB) — summer 2007
• 'Discover NLS' issue 4 (PDF) (PDF: 17 pages; 1 MB) — spring 2007
• 'Discover NLS' issue 3 (PDF) (PDF: 17 pages; 1 MB) — winter 2006
• 'Discover NLS' issue 2 (PDF) (PDF: 17 pages; 978 KB) — summer 2006
• 'Discover NLS' issue 1 (PDF) (PDF: 17 pages; 928 KB) — spring 2006

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