Fairtrade Fortnight

This year Fairtrade Fortnight takes place from Monday 26th February to Sunday 11th March. This is an opportunity to celebrate the great work which Fairtrade does around the world to make a difference to the lives of the people who grow the things we love: chocolate, coffee, wine, bananas, gold. How does Fairtrade work? Fairtrade change the way trade works through better prices, decent working conditions and a fair deal for farmers and workers in developing countries. The Fairtrade Premium is a small increase in the cost of some goods which goes directly to the farmers and farming co-ops. This allows them to invest in…

The Prospects for Women’s Suffrage

Posted in Archives, Online Resources, School of Arts and Social Sciences, and Special Collections

Many of you will have come across the New Statesman, the liberal left-leaning magazine featuring writers such as Laurie Penny, Will Self and the late Christopher Hitchens. But most of you probably haven’t heard of its forerunner, The Athenaeum. Published weekly between 1828 and 1931, The Athenaeum was a highly influential periodical covering topics such as literature, fine arts, music, theatre, politics and popular science and is noted for publishing anonymous reviews, often written by famous and/or influential people. Here at City we are fortunate to hold an editor’s copy of The Athenaeum featuring handwritten notes identifying who the authors…

February 8, 2018

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The Homeless Period

Posted in Sustainability

This winter Library Services raised money to donate sanitary products to Hackney Foodbank. Currently homeless shelters are not provided with money for tampons and towels. With limited or no access to sanitary products, homeless women are often forced to go without. Homeless Period believes that tampons and towels should be made available through homeless shelters, the same way the government provides condoms. This charity encourages individuals to donate sanitary products to local homeless charities or food shelters. You can support this great initiative by visiting their website, signing their petition, or donating a tampon. For homeless women, it really is…

The Disappearance of Miss Bebb

Posted in Library Loves

Proving once again that Library staff are multi-talented folk, Alex Giles, a member of the City Library team has written a drama to be performed by an all star cast. “The Disappearance of Miss Bebb”, a 90 minute radio-style version of Alex’s screenplay “Justice” will be performed at Middle Temple Hall on 2nd April. About the play Gwyneth Bebb has left Oxford University the top law student of her year. So why can’t she practise as a professional lawyer? Because she’s a woman… Based on true events and the infamous case “Bebb v the Law Society”, the drama follows four brave young women…

Celebrating International Women’s Day at City Library

Posted in Audio-Visual Resources, Book Reviews, and Today in history

Today is International Women’s Day. On this day every year we celebrate the extraordinary achievements of women from around the world. City University is proud of its female staff. Whether they have achieved great successes outside of the workplace or led impactful research on a range of issues that affects people from around the world, they have shown great strength and dynamism and brought value to society. They are an inspiration to us all. City Library holds many books by inspiring women both from City and from around the world. Their work has brought forth much good and their remarkable…

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Fairtrade Fortnight

The Prospects for Women’s Suffrage

The Disappearance of Miss Bebb

Celebrating International Women’s Day at City Library