BASES Student Conference

The 2016 The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) student conference  From London to Rio and Beyond: The Race for Advancement in Sport and Exercise Sciences, will be taking place 22 March-23 March at Bangor University. The theme of the conference will be a celebration of how research in sport and exercise sciences has evolved and excelled since London 2012. More information about this event can be found on the BASES website.

New Historical Make-Up Book

We now have copies of a new book on the history of make-up. This is: Face Paint : the Story of makeup, Eldridge. This is a very useful book if you need information for an assignment, so it's well-worth taking a copy out on loan.

New 1970s Fashion Books

If you are looking for information on 1970s fashion for an assignment we now have the following books in stock:

Fashion in the 1970s, Dirix

The Biba Years: 1963-1975, Hulanicki   

New E-Book on Tattoos and Body Art

You can now access the e-book of Inked: Tattoos and Body Art Around the World, Demello, either from the Dawson Books database or from the MDRS for Cultural and Historical Studies (778). Print copies of this title are also on order.

The Professional Spa & Wellness Convention 2016 will be taking place 28-29th February at ExCel, London. See the event website for further details.

New Edition of Sports Nutrition Book

The new 5th edition of Clinical Sports Nutrition, Burke, is now available to take out on loan.

BAFTA Awards 2016

The British Film Academy Film Awards are now over for this year, but if you missed seeing it on TV you can visit the BAFTA website to see who won and discover more about this year's winners. Both the Costume Design and Make Up and Hair awards were given to Mad Max: Fury Road. The Special Visual Effects award went to Star Wars: the Force Awakens.