Enter The (English) Dragon...

April 23 is St George's Day, the patron saint of England -and a few other countries. If you want to read more have a look at this BBC web page , the St George's Day website ,

or to see details of events around the country try this link

Another English person of note, William Shakespeare, died on this day in 1616, and is said to have also been born on this day. As far as I know he has no connection with St George, but is always worth a mention (in my opinion, anyway).

To tie in with the English/British theme we have a loan copy available of Good hair days: a history of British hairstyling and for anyone who needs information in this area we have just added loan copies of the following books to our stock An Illustrated History of Hairstyles 1830-1930 and Women’s hats, Headdresses and Hairstyles.

Another recently added title is the latest edition of (in the Yellow Zone) First Aid Manual: the authorised manual of St. John Ambulance, St. Andrew's Ambulance Association, and the British Red Cross.

One final mention of things English/British is The British Journal of Sports Medicine a journal which is on several Sports Therapy Reading Lists and available in print and online via Athens in the BMJ Group database. I've just had a query for 'taping and bracing' books, so if you are looking for further information in this area you'll find this journal includes relevant articles.

Online access to journals is always popular, and many of the titles that we subscribe to are available in this way. If you have been checking your online reading lists for recommended titles then you should know which lists The British Journal of Sports Medicine is on- if not, this might be the time to have a look at lists for the modules that you are currently studying to see what is available.