Major Angel building set for depressing replacement. As the Angel Association says, “The proposal is dull and not designed to enhance this important site” but @IslingtonBC planners recommend approval. Shame.
https://t.co/3mRv9zb8cb via @islingtonctzn
Treasures of the Guildhall Library Today we feature 3 different pamphlets on the Great Fire of London. Guildhall Library has many of these pamphlets published just after the fire and they are a great primary source for historians. 1/2
Tickets are now available for the annual Maurice Bond Lecture: Martin Daunton "Covid and the Historian" 23 February 2022 18:00 – 20:00 GMT @GuildhallLib
https://t.co/CJTt47VHoF @EventbriteUK
Happy #HeritageTreasures Day!
Here are some of our extraordinary historic spaces, as photographed recently by Harriet Langford.
The Chapter Hall, Council Chamber and Crypt all feature on our regular guided tours. Visit our website for more info: https://t.co/DmeGTPknhg
Wow, our first Cooking With Pride is SOLD OUT!
Luckily we have a second event on February 15 @StLukesTrust. When we say book early we mean it!
@forumplus@LGBTHM@IslingtonMuseum 💖
https://t.co/HLOhyICyT0
The #1921Census is set for release later this week and will include information about jobs and employment. Do you know what your family did during the 1920s?
One possibility, as illustrated here, is working as a Porter at Billingsgate Fish Market - https://t.co/kvv7WB7gmE
Planning on applying to our #RecordsAtRisk Fund, run in collaboration with @ARAUK_IE and @BritRecs?
You can apply for up to £5,000 to save physical or digital records facing immediate peril anywhere in the UK.
Join us for a Q&A session to find out more:
https://t.co/EdQwkI83vw
Such innovative and inclusive initiatives from the Marx Memorial Library. Really worth joining - easy access to Lectures, courses and collections on line.
We are pleased to announce that the 2021 winner of the Janette Harley Prize is Dr Amy L Erickson for exhibition 'City Women in the 18th Century' and supporting article, ‘Esther Sleepe, fanmaker, and her family’ https://t.co/novcohci6r
@CamHistory#ExploreYourArchive#Celebration
In 1948 a Bethnal Green librarian wrote to a number of distinguished individuals asking for a list of their favourite books.
Thanks to him we hold a fascinating collection of letters by Agatha Christie and others listing their literary loves #Handwriting ✍️#ExploreYourArchive
visited @LondMathSoc's De Morgan House today, looking for archival documents related to Turing's 1936 with the help of @JanetJanFoster
the familiar story about the submission of Turing's paper shows up in the minutes of the council meeting (details in further tweets)
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My thoughts on a magnificent new book by @ghostsigns and @RoyReed13 designed by @eveizaak and published by @IsolaPress
https://t.co/gJI0Xg2CeF
If you are interested in urban history, signs, retailing, design then this tour de force through London is worth getting