Architectural Review: a magazine and its editors
Architectural Review (AR) was first published in 1896 and on the 120th anniversary we look at the role that its editors have had in shaping the oldest and possibly the…
Timeless and enduring: the Dora Lewis letters
Patricia Moloney, Heritage Assistant, reflects on and describes the experience of cataloguing this fascinating collection of letters for Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library & Archive. Background The latest archival…
Safer social networking: Part 3
In this third part of our Safer Social Networking series we look at ways to have a more trouble-free social media experience. Being more aware of how we use sites such…
Interview with local author, Fleur Smithwick
Fleur recently appeared in conversation at Hampton Hill Library talking about how she wrote and published her debut novel, which is a psychological thriller called How to make a friend.…
Letters, letters everywhere…
From the moment we wake up and look at our digital alarm clock, or at our phone, we are looking at letters. Over breakfast there is lettering on our cereal packets and…
Teenage reading group at Whitton Library
The brilliant teenage reading group at Whitton Library has been running for over a year and oh my gosh we’ve read and done so much. From WWII fighter pilots to…
Picture Post: news in the predigital era
Picture Post was a very popular weekly news magazine that was published from 1938 - with the threat of a new world war on the horizon - until 1957. It…
My Family and Hampton Wick
Because of his family's long association with the area we asked David Turner, Customer Service Manager at Hampton Wick Library to tell us about the factors that caused his family…
Safer social networking: Part 2
Internet safety can be a daunting subject. We saw in our earlier blog post that there can be various risks online with social media websites being targeted by cybercriminals because…
Anatomy of a book [Part 2]: the inside
Fiona Campbell continues her Anatomy of a book .... The inside of a book is made up pages which are called leaves. The front of a leaf, which is the…