As The Great British Bake-Off returns, some viewers may question their own culinary skills. For some young people, developing skills […]

Pass’d home: Victorian heir hunters  Staff were fascinated by the story revealed while cataloguing a miscellaneous collection recently.  When a […]

Continuing our blog series written by volunteer, Katherine Bett, about the diaries of Winifred Hoyle (1880-1952). Catch up on Part 1 […]

If you grew up in the UK, you’ve probably heard of the Swing Riots of 1830, a wave of rural […]

Whether you’ve created one to capture a special holiday or to remember the first few months of a child’s life, […]

What do Lord Kitchener, Mark Twain, Arthur Balfour and innumerable royals from across the world have in common?  The answer […]

Part 2 in the blog series looking at the diaries of Winifred Hoyle focusing on health.

This months highlight explores the lifecycle of the record through the lens of Reading Festival ephemera.