VOGUE: Part 1 – more than a fashion magazine
To celebrate 100 years since British VOGUE was published we take a look at different aspects of the magazine from the 1950s to the present day. In this first piece…
Careers resources
Are you an undergraduate student who is still unsure which career path to follow? Have you already graduated and want to know what options are available to you? Or perhaps you’re…
Follow the Drum: The South African Presence
Patricia Moloney, Heritage Assistant, takes a look at the impact of the increasingly international military presence in Richmond during the Great War. The town was assuming a cosmopolitan character as…
1966 and all that [Part 1]: Fashion
Fifty years ago this summer, England won the World Cup. It was the sporting pinnacle of a decade which saw the eyes of the world focus on this country and…
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…