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An exploration of intrigue and diplomacy behind a pivotal eighteenth-century papal conclave. Delivered by Professor Jane Stevenson.

It is common to think that the only 'rare' books in the Heythrop Library collection are pre-1800 or early print books. While this is partially true, some books are 'rare' because of their uniqueness and what they can teach us about scholars' research. I recently encountered an interesting book from 1911 while cataloguing a group of donations, that was unlike any I'd seen before.

Following our upgrade to a new version of our library management system (Koha) last Thursday, some of the systems' notices are not working very well. We hope to have fixed this issue, but in the meantime you have one of the following two options. We are sorry for any inconvenience this is causing you. There are two things you can do…

Welcome to 2026! I hope that you had a good non-festering season. Unless you did not engage with any form of media you will also have noticed many reviews of the last 12 months. If you haven’t had enough of those, and need lots of details, please go to or if you want to have my Heythrop Library-related review of…

From Monday 12 January we will be open for longer again, to support the teaching and learing at the London Jesuit Centre: Mondays-Thursdays: 9:30am to 6:30pm Fridays: 9:30am to 6pm Saturdays: 9:30am to 2pm Please always check our web page for changes to the opening hours, especially if you are travelling from further away from London. The second LJC term of 2025-26 ends on 27 March 2026.

The scheduled upgrade to our library management system seems to have been completed. Some functionality is not yet back. If you spot anything which does not work the way you were hoping for, please let us know/contact us. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused. Books can be borrowed or returned as normal.

We have a scheduled upgrade to our library management system on Thursday 8 January 2026. This will mean that our catalogue will be down. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused. Books can be returned as normal.

Happy New Year to all Heythrop Library members, and those who are thinking about becoming members. We are open again. This is the last week of non-LJC teaching time opening hours, so: Mon, Wed & Thu: 9:30-17:30 Tue: 9:30-18:30 Fri: 9:30-16:30 Sat & Sun closed

Today is the last of services before Christmas: Tuesday 23 December 2025, 9:30 am – 6:30 pm. Wednesday 24 December 2025 to Friday 2 January 2026 – closed The first day of service after Christmas: Monday 5 January 2026, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm. Please always check our web page for changes to the opening hours , especially if you are travelling from further away from London. The Heythrop Library team wishes you a joyful Christmas!

This is the second part of a two-part post written by Professor Jane Stevenson, Senior Research Fellow in English, Book History, and Women’s Studies at Campion Hall, Oxford, about a manuscript in the Heythrop Library collection currently housed at Campion Hall. The published version and its relation to the manuscripts Title-page of the 1855 London reprint The Life of Dorothy Lawson…

As we prepare to wind down the Heythrop Library services, here a quick reminder of when we will process the last off-site store requests, our opening hours, when we are closed, and when we'll resume services in 2026! Opening hours and when we are closed For opening hours and closures - please see our page Last and first requests for materials from our offsite store…