Dec 19, 2017 | London Metropolitan Archives
This post was written by Claire Titley, London Metropolitan Archives and is reposted from the LMA website. Over 50 libraries and archives gathered on 31 October for History Day 2017 at the Institute of Historical Research in Senate House, an annual event where...
Jul 4, 2017 | London Metropolitan Archives
This post was written by Charlie Turpie, Principal Archivist at the London Metropolitan Archives. It forms part of a series of blog posts on the theme of Halloween in libraries and archives. London Metropolitan Archives might not be the first place you think of when...
Oct 7, 2016 | London Metropolitan Archives
This post was written by David Luck, Senior Archivist at the London Metropolitan Archives. It forms part of a series of blog posts on the theme of Hope and Fear in library and archive collections, as part of the Being Human festival. Throwing ‘Fear’ into our revamped...
Sep 17, 2015 | Bishopsgate Institute Library, Guildhall Library, London Metropolitan Archives, The National Archives
This post was written by Charlie Berry, a doctoral student at the Institute of Historical Research. As a research student, a lot of my time is spent beavering away in libraries and archives. My thesis topic, neighbourhoods in fifteenth-century London, means that I am...
Jul 20, 2015 | London Metropolitan Archives
This post, written by Claire Titley and Faridha Karim at the London Metropolitan Archives, describes the History Day event held in January 2015. There will be another event on Friday 27 November 2015 – keep an eye on the History collections blog for further...