Heythrop Library

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  • Google Map with a marker on where the Heythrop Library is, next to Mount Street Gardens. Celebrating 100,000 views in August 2026.

    Captain’s log #8

    Captain’s log. 4 September 2026. As the Library has just turned 100, a slightly longer Captain’s log might be in order. The Library’s 100th is measured from the point of it being called Heythrop (College) Library, and your captain is coming up to his anniversary (21 September 2021, when he took his seat at the…

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  • Invoice from Blackwell's showing books purchased, and their cost.

    Captain’s log #7

    You won’t believe this! Unless you are one of the Heythrop Library Crew, a member of the Heythrop Library Committee, or a Trustee of the Jesuits in Britain, you will not know how much it costs to run the Heythrop Library. Most people might assume that we get some kind of funding, but a lot…

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  • Cables at he back of a server, neatly tidied and tied together.

    Captain’s log #6

    Captain’s log #6. 21 November 2025. We have had a day of time travel last week: travelling back to the early 1990s. We went back for 1 day to a situation where we did not have any internet in the building. Reflecting on this is not a massive achievement of analytical prowess. Basically: we could…

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