Ramadan: A Learning Experience of Fasting by our Library Officer, Sara.
Taking care of yourself this Ramadan Ramadan began on Wednesday 22 March and is predicted to end Saturday 21 April 2023. People all over the world will be celebrating Ramadan in various ways. It is not only about thinking of what to say to Muslim colleagues participating; but it’s also about showing an understanding and consideration on how…
Voices of Disability and Illness
The Barbellion Prize announced its winner for 2022 in February, this year. The book prize is dedicated to the furtherance of ill and disabled voices in writing. The prize has been awarded annually (since 2020) to an author whose work has best represented the experience of chronic illness and/or disability. The prize is named in…
70 years since the Great Smog of 1952
Black broth, London Ivy, London Particular and pea-souper, are just some of the terms that have been used to describe the London fogs that have enveloped the capital over the centuries. Monday 5 December 2022 marked the seventieth anniversary of the Great Smog of London 1952, the deadliest air pollution disaster in London’s history. The…
Westminster’s local history and archives: Black History
In celebration of Black History Month 2022, Westminster Archives are sharing a small selection of publications and books to give a taster of what we hold in our reference collection relating to Black History in Westminster and more generally. All these titles can either be viewed during a visit to our Search Room at St…
Business and open access at Westminster Business Library
Reece, our Collections Officer based at Westminster Business Library in Victoria blogs about the importance of open access for start-ups, freelancers and small business owners. Over to Reece to find out more – I am not sure about you, but many of our key business decisions are reliant upon up to date, concise and reliable…
Mental Health Awareness Week 2022
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week 9 to 15 May. Did you know…. 1 in 6 adults experiences a common mental health problem, such as anxiety or depression 1 in 5 adults has considered taking their own life at some point. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act.…
Theatre Archives: volunteering with the Theatre Collection
David Evans, a longstanding and dedicated volunteer at the City of Westminster Archives, is our guest blogger for this post. An avid London theatre goer for years, David has recently taken up working on programmes within the archives theatre collection again. David has made an invaluable contribution to the archives with his work on various…
Do you like the sound of your own voice?
Did you know we have our very own library podcast? We release a new episode every month. Over to our colleague, Ann at Paddington Library to tell us more – You know there’s that expression that someone ‘likes the sound of their own voice’? It’s a judgmental statement, implying that the person is, shall we…
A day in the life of libraries
Our colleague, Helen, who’s based at Charing Cross Library had a fantastic idea to celebrate Libraries Week earlier this year. She spoke to staff from three very different libraries over Zoom about their services, projects and collections and much more. Don’t worry if you missed these conversations as they were recorded are available on YouTube;…
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