This week we hear from guest author Tom. Tom has launched Bury the Leeds, a local history newsletter that may well be of interest to readers of the Secret Library Leeds… My name is Tom and I publish an email newsletter called Bury the Leeds. I discuss some of the weird and obscure stories about this…
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Hear, read and see the Voice of the Fans
Leeds Libraries and the British Library are delighted to welcome the opening today (Friday May 9) of their co-production Voice of The Fans – a free exhibition exploring the past, present, and future of football fanzine culture. Voice of the Fans features over 50 fanzines and fair few more objects and items. But, as you…
A Snowy Day in Bardsey
They say April is the cruellest month, but we reckon it’s March. Getting January and February out of the way can give the misleading comfort of thinking Winter has been and gone…only for March’s revenge: wind, rain, and, of course, snow: the dreaded Fool’s (or False) Spring. What weather will the rest of this March…
Women from Leeds you probably haven’t heard of…
This year to celebrate International Women’s Day, Library and Digital Assistant Alexandra Brummitt takes a closer look at the lives and works of some lesser-known feminist pioneers that lived in Leeds. International Women’s Day is held on March 8th every year and is a global celebration of the social, economic and political achievements of women….
A Seasonal Secret Library Selection
For our last post of the year – a curated list of previous articles on the Secret Library Leeds about all things Winter and Christmas. Plenty of reading material here to get you through the next two weeks! We shall return with our regular programming in the first week of January. Season’s greetings to all…
Marie de France
Dr Marta Cobb, from the University of Leeds, has written this article about a fascinating woman writing in the Middle Ages. We tend to assume that most authors of the Middle Ages were men, when really most authors of the medieval period are simply unknown. So it is possible that there were far more women…
The Albert Hall, later Leeds Civic Theatre
This week we welcome guest blogger, Geoffrey Mogridge, who has written extensively on the history of classical music in Leeds. Here he looks at the history of the building we now call Leeds City Museum. The central arena of the City Museum in Cookridge Street had two earlier lives. This was originally the Albert Hall,…
Coronations in our Collections
As King Charles III’s coronation approaches, we take a moment to reflect on the rich history of coronations in our collections. From the earliest days of official record keeping, to the illustrated newspapers of the 20th century, we have lots of interesting material documenting the ceremonies and celebrations surrounding these momentous occasions. Some of the…
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