Follow the Drum: a reflection [Part 1] – Post-hostilities
Guerre Finie! Boche Napoo! A grainy image of a German car emerging from the mirk of a battlefield caught my imagination as I was researching this last piece for the…
Witches
In libraries around the world, the Dewey Decimal System is used to classify books by subject. Tucked away in the 100s (Philosophy and Psychology) is This section might be small…
Spanish Influenza – 100 years on
One hundred years ago this month, as the Great War was coming to an end, another desperate fight was raging. The Spanish Flu is hardly remembered now, but at the…
The Leslie Freeman Slide Collection
Photographs are a hugely important resource for local archives and here in Richmond we have a collection of over 20,000 images lovingly cared for by staff at our Local Studies…
IT Jargon Buster: Part 2 – Mobile Phones – Buying
Buying a mobile phone is always slightly daunting; apart from all the different companies that supply the phones you have network providers, operating systems, various tariffs, data list goes…
When the Circus First Came to Town
In 2018 Britain is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the creation of the circus. The Beginning: In 1768, on a patch of land between Westminster Bridge and Blackfriars Road, entrepreneur…
Health Information Week 2018
#HIW2018 Last week was Health Information Week, a multi-sector campaign aiming to promote good quality health resources that are available to the public. Richmond Library Services joined the campaign to…
The Current 2018 – Quality reads for older teens
Coming soon to a library near you, The Current 2018, the annual booklist produced by Richmond Libraries aimed at the 15+ age-group. It is designed to highlight the best new fiction…
Library services for blind and partially sighted people
Richmond upon Thames Library Services is committed to providing an accessible service for all members of the public. For blind and partially sighted people, making full use of library services…
Artists at war: Dame Laura Knight
Introduction During her lifetime Dame Laura Knight was one of the most successful and popular British artists. She was a household name but, after her death in 1970, she slowly…