Festival of Archaeology 2013

The Council for British Archaeology is organising another Festival of Archaeology next month which will offer "over 1,000 events nation...

Photography Friday

Last week's family history lunchtime talk  on dating photographs with Keith Giles, Auckland Libraries Photographic Collections Librarian...

Those Places Thursday:- Sydney Harbour Bridge photos on Ancestry

A treat for your viewing pleasure   on Ancestry is the superb photographic collection of over 2000 photographs documenting the construction ...

Treasure Chest Thursday

P rudery and prurience – resources held in the Central Auckland Research Centre  Ref: Current display in the Central Auckland Research Ce...

Tombstone Tuesday:- Thomas John Tyrrell Garner

 'Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 661-107 Showing an ornate tombstone, carved by Donaldson of William Street,...

Military Monday:- The Baked Bean Poet

It is always wonderful when a customer comes to the Central Auckland Research Centre with a family history query that results in the staff l...

McLibel police spies revelations: defendant speaks out

McLibel leaflet was co-written by undercover police officer Bob Lambert - McDonald's sued green activists in long-running David v Goliat...

Conscientious Objectors in WW2: first-hand accounts

Newly posted online:   The Conscientious Objectors Restored Chapter 12 of YOU, YOU & YOU!  The People Out of Step with World War II ( P...

And in York: Alternative History, 19 June

"The next open meeting of York’s Alternative History will be on Wednesday, 19 June at 7 pm at The Corner Pin, bottom end of Tanner Ro...

Tombstone Tuesday:- Sarah Bostock and son Clement Thomas Bostock

 'Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 534-9544 Stereoscopic view showing the tombstone of Sarah Bostock, died 17...

Amanuensis Monday:- the family history of the Waghorns of Canterbury

We have a lot of delicious family histories that have been donated to us, or purchased by us, in our collection. They come in every shape, s...

Nottinghamshire's Great War Roll of Honour

Nottinghamshire County Council has commissioned the county's first ever Great War Roll of Honour dedicated to the men and women of the c...

Family Recipe Friday:- Kiwi style

With New Zealand Book month now behind us, it behooves us to read something Kiwi, and what could be better than reading about food and how ...

Events and exhibitions at Nottinghamshire Archives

A varied programme of events and exhibitions over the summer has been announced by Nottinghamshire Archives: Wednesday Workshops 19 June: R...

Housmans: Talks, 12 and 19 June

Clara Zetkin - Book Launch and Talk Book Launch and Talk: Clara Zetkin 12 June 2013, 7.00pm Speakers John Partington and Marilyn Boxer, wh...

‘The Last Great Polio Epidemic in the World’: The Irish experience of poliomyelitis 1940-70 by Stephen Bance

In this month's blog post, Stephen Bance, MA student at the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University College Dublin, wr...

Military Monday:- H M S Encounter

 Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19070926-10-3 THE NEW TEAK TOMBSTONE ERECTED IN THE CHURCHYARD AT RUSSELL,...

"Despite the Sun" documentary: Monday 10th June, 7 p.m.

The Solidarity Federation invite you to a free screening of "Despite the Sun", an independent documentary about a year long stri...

Follow D-Day As It Unfolded

Tomorrow, June 6, is the 69th anniversary of D-Day. Thanks to the miracle of Twitter, you have a terrific opportunity to watch D-Day unfold ...

Further to comment and reply on Spies for Peace

This is a scan of the covers of the pamphlet mentioned, complete with authentic (unidentified) stain.   http://radicalhistorynetwork.blogspo...

Tombstone Tuesday: Hoki Karaka Tawhiti

'Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 1142-D203' Unveiling (Hura kohatu) of Hori Karaka Tawhiti's tombstone ...

What’s On for radical historians in June: Nottingham

150 THE LENTON SESQUICENTENNIAL Celebrating 150 Years of Co-operation in Nottingham The 30th May 1863 saw the opening of the first co-oper...

Military Monday:- Trooper G. V. Burlinson

Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19150506-41-2 IN MEMORIAM: TOMBSTONE ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES OVER THE GRAVE OF...