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100 documents that changed the world : from Magna Carta to WikiLeaks

12th April 201712th April 2017 Louise Jack

  We are surrounded by documents in our everyday lives and, of course, not all documents are in themselves important or worth saving. However, some, be they an ancient scroll of papyrus, a letter, a contract or a 140-character tweet, can have a huge and lasting impact on the world.

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Dear World, How Are You?

31st August 201631st August 2016 Julie Corrigan

How do you begin to write a letter to every country in the world? What kind of replies would you get? And how do you undertake such a challenge when you are only five years old?

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When the Office Went to War : War Letters from Men of the Great Western Railway

4th December 20154th December 2015 Julie Corrigan

A recent arrival into the Library’s collections gives us a rare insight into soldiers’ experiences in the First World War. ‘When the Office Went to War’ contains letters between colleagues from the Great Western Railway Audit Office. It is suggested that these letters between colleagues are often more honest and open than those which were […]

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Love letters of the Great War

14th February 201429th October 2015 Louise Jack

In December 1914, the largest wooden structure in the world was erected within London’s Regent’s Park by the Post Office. This was the London Home Depot, where bags of mail for troops on the Western Front were sorted. The efficient delivery of letters and parcels to serving soldiers was given high priority. Edited by Mandy […]

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