Tag: Reading Recommendations

Local history in the Library – A House on Clerkenwell Green

Image of book, A House on Clerkenwell Green, positioned on outdoor chessboard in Clerkenwell park

A House on Clerkenwell Green, by Andrew Rothstein, is a small book that covers over 300 years of history, through the story of a building, built in 1737/38, on Clerkenwell Green, as a charity school for local Welsh boys, children of migrant workers. The Christian charity school movement behind it, the author suggests, was an…Continue Reading Local history in the Library – A House on Clerkenwell Green

Reading about LGBT+ lives in February and beyond…

As LGBT+ History Month comes to an end, we want to highlight some of the books chosen by the City community to celebrate and honour LGBT+ lives. You recommended these titles through our Liberating CityLibrary scheme. So far, you’ve recommended page-turning memoirs such as Firebird by Mark Doty and We Have Always Been Here by…Continue Reading Reading about LGBT+ lives in February and beyond…