Cover Story: our ace teen reading promotion!
Cover Story is our yearly pick of the best teen reads. The booklist (available free in libraries and online) contains 48 of the best books for 11 – 14 year…
U.S. Presidential Inaugurations: from Lincoln to Trump
As president elect, Donald Trump, makes his final preparations to become the 45th president of the United States at midday on Friday 20th January , a day that will surely…
‘Home Sweet Home’, says CEO, Paul Martin
Following his visit to Richmond upon Thames Library Services on Thursday 29 December 2016, Paul Martin, Chief Executive Officer serving Richmond and Wandsworth Councils, shares his views on libraries and…
London: the city as a phoenix [Part 2] – the Blitz and St. Paul’s
The Great Fire of London, which destroyed and devastated four-fifths of the city, began on 5th September 1666. 274 years and 2 days later, on 7th September 1940, the city…
The Origins of Bank Holidays
In the UK we owe our statutory bank holidays to John Lubbock, first Baron of Avebury, scientific writer (who studied ants and tried to teach his poodle to read), banker…
Behind the Scenes: planning an IT event
Wow! More than 2,000 sessions delivered? How did we do that? In the last three years the Information and Reference Library has planned and held 31 IT events alongside our extremely popular…
1966 and all that [Part 2]: Graphic Design
Fifty years ago Britain was in the midst of Psychedelia which manifested itself in vibrant patterned clothes, long hair (for both women and men), experimental music and films, and the blurring of…
The Battle of the Somme [Part 2]: contemporary sources
On the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme we take a look at the contemporary sources available in the Information and Reference Library. We examine how The Times…
Discover digital magazines!
RBdigital brings digital magazines to Richmond upon Thames residents and library customers. E-magazines are similar to e-books in that you can read them online or download them to your mobile…
London: the city as a phoenix [Part 1] – The Great Fire of London
On the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London we take a look at how London has risen, phoenix-like, from conflagrations, both man-made and natural, after the Great Fire…