Take a seat – a literary legacy in Twickenham
Have you noticed some new additions to Garfield Road Park? Five brand new benches perhaps? Have you seen what's written on them? Yes? No? Let us tell you more. Twickenham…
Explore your local stories
I’m here to help people find the stories that matter to them. The real stories. Stories of the lives lived, here in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It's…
Ignatius Sancho- A man of letters
This Black History Month we turn our attention to one of the borough's less well known public figures, Ignatius Sancho, and with help from our Local Studies Library and Archive…
History On My Doorstep, Part 2
This is the conclusion of the second piece from Di Murrell and the last of her guest blogs. If you missed the first part of History On My Doorstep, catch…
History On My Doorstep, Part 1
Welcome to the second of the guest pieces by Di Murrell in celebration of Know Your Place Festival 2021. In the first part of this piece, Di discovers some intriguing…
Custard Tarts – Their Chequered Past, part 2
This is the conclusion of Di Murrell's first guest essay for Know Your Place. If you missed Part 1, catch up here. Whatever the truth of the tarts’ earlier history,…
Custard Tarts – Their Chequered Past, part 1
The town of Richmond-upon-Thames has long been associated with pleasure, with prosperity, as a pleasure ground of the gentry, the rich and the famous. Plenty of signs of wealth up…
Know Your Place 2021: guest blogs by Di Murrell
September in Richmond is Know Your Place month, where we celebrate the rich history of our Borough through talks, workshops, quizzes - and blog pieces. This year, we're very lucky…
Making History 2: Moments in time
Do you want to help record the COVID-19 pandemic for posterity? Documents collected now will form a key part of how future generations understand the pandemic. To this end, the…
Making History: Life in Lockdown
In times like these, where everyday living suddenly changes, everything feels a little surreal. Part of that is the knowledge that we're living through history - in the future, these…