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Eloise Barber highlights some notable examples from the Royal Society's collection of medals.

Jon Bushell tells the stories of some of the longer and shorter Presidential terms at the Royal Society - and one famous scientist who refused the job altogether.

Research projects on Sir Humphry Davy’s manuscript notebooks and letters are revealing new and candid details of Davy’s life and career, as Andrew Lacey illustrates, drawing on material held in the archives of the Royal Society and elsewhere.

Keith Moore dips into Royal Society grant-making archives, and finds a reptilian cliffhanger, with solace on a chessboard.

Vannis Jones Rahi explores the optical experiments of Royal Society President William Hyde Wollaston, including some curious 'illusions' from our archival collections.

Rupert Baker hunts for meteors, comets and asteroids in the archives of the Royal Society.