Two very different authors connected by a resting place in Kent The unlikely pairing of H.E. Bates (1905-1974) and Simone Weil (1909-1943) are bought together by the location of their […]
International Women’s Day: A Suffragette’s story found on our library shelves
International Women’s Day International Women’s Day takes place every year on the 8th of March. The day is to celebrate the women who have fought for the rights for women, […]
I do like to be beside the seaside
The library has acquired a collection of seaside postcards as part of the Nic Costa Archive. These postcards date from the turn of the 20th century and include images of […]
Queering The Archive Zine Project
Are you curious about what lurks in the hidden shelves of our Special Collections? Do you want to have a go at making a zine? Or has your research lead […]
LGBT+ History Month: Sophia Jex – Blake: a pioneer for medical reform
LGBT+ History Month: Sophia Jex-Blake one of the first women to graduate in the UK.
What the Dickens?! It’s that time of year again…But who was Charles Dickens?
Charles Dickens and his Legacy Here we are again! December! I know most of us will be concerned about the game “You’ve just been Whammed”! (How long can you go […]
Cataloguing the Nic Costa Collection
The Nic Costa Archive (NCA) was established in the September of 2021 with the arrival of eighteen boxes of coin-operated and amusement arcade trade artefacts, documents, and memorabilia, to the […]
More Kentish Tales: Stories of Mystery and Intrigue
More Kentish Tales is the second exhibition of work by authors who lived in or wrote about Kent. It is currently taking place in Augustine House library until the end […]
Mentioned in Despatches
This semester volunteering in the archives has led to some interesting discoveries. We’ve been looking at material from the Victorian era, WW1 and WW2. Read on to find out more. […]