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A new feature on the Alice Thornton’s Books website, the text search, is now live. This makes it even easier to search within the pages of the digital edition. In this post, we’ll take a look at the d...

Dr Beatrice Alex is Senior Lecturer and Chancellor’s Fellow at the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures and the Edinburgh Futures Institute. Her research focuses on text mining and natural la...

Festival time is in full swing here in Edinburgh and this time of year is also when many of us, including the Alice Thornton’s Books team, host relatives and friends or take time off to travel. In Tho...

On a sunny Saturday in early June, Starbank Park hosted the Alice Thornton Books team once again for an afternoon of history, nature, and creativity. Visitors to the park were able to delve into the s...

As the Alice Thornton’s Books team works towards the launch of the Digital Scholarly Edition, we have had some great discussions with members of the public and with other researchers. We are largely b...