Remembering E. P. Thompson who died on this day in 1993. One of the greatest historians of all time.

This best-selling melodrama by the Andrew Lloyd Webber of his day, Guilbert de Pixérécourt, is part of the Marandet collection of French plays of the 18th and 19th centuries. Find out more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/moder… #FiftyObjectsFriday

The Librarian's pick for our #FiftyObjectsFriday "whilst rules may change, the commitment to an outstanding student experience… has never faltered." The orginal Library rules from the 1960s. Explore more of early student days here: wdc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collec…

Recently Santorini was in the news for wanting to limit the impact of tourism on the island. If you want to research ethical tourism in the 20th century why not start with the records of Tourism Concern which are kept here?... mrcdescribe.epexio.com/records/TOC #tourism

The bunting has arrived. The stickers and signs have been delivered. We're busy getting ready for this year's Heritage Open Day! All details here: heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-eve…

Central Library Tour as part of Heritage Open Days 2024 ◾Monday 9 September 11-12 ◾Tuesday 10 September 2-3 ◾Friday 13 September 10-11 Free but booking required; call 024 7683 2314 or email [email protected] #CovLibraries #Coventry #HeritageOpenDays

Super excited about this - & nervous ... Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike Esbester helped Rose Ayling-Ellis uncover her #RailwayHistory for WDYTYA? UK. Tune in tonight, BBC1, 9pm! #FamilyHistory #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre #WDYTYA

5 September 1981 Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was established at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire. The anti-nuclear weapons protest was the biggest women-led movement in the UK since the Suffragettes. It lasted for 19 years until the airbase was decommissioned. #Greenham

Paris 1928. From MSS. 328/N1/7. #1920s #photography

📢Apply now for the 2025 cohort for Coventry Caribbean Community History Project for Arawak Community Trust ! 📢 An amazing research and curation opportunity for individuals interested in Coventry's Black Caribbean history. Full details on their website arawakcommunitytrust.com/ccchp

We're excited to be part of #HeritageWeek2024 and we're inviting you to explore our Olympic themed exhibition at the Modern Records Centre in #Coventry Details here: heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-eve… 10th and 12th September at 11 - booking required warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/… Heritage Open Days

Anti-Nazi propaganda disguised as an English grammar book. This tiny volume would have been easy to hide and even when uncovered looked innocuous but reveals a pwerful message. Ref: MSS.159/3/C/a/140 #FiftyObjectsFriday

This letter from Charles de Gaulle is from the archive of Maurice Edelman MP for Coventry North. De Gaulle thanks Edelman for his novel "The Fratricides" dealing with the Algerian struggle for Indepedence from France. Explore more here: mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/EDE #FiftyObjectsFriday

The whole University of Warwick community was saddened to hear of the death of our former Chancellor Sir "Sonny" Ramphal who served in office from 1989-2002. You can read about his achievements here: warwick.ac.uk/insite/news/in… Our sympathy to his family and friends.

Missing the Olympics and Paralympics? Come to our #HeritageOpenDay event tomorrow (10th Sept) or on Thursday (12th Sept) and find out what sports stories we've uncovered in our collections. All details are here: heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-eve…

Ben Tillett, socialist, trade union leader and Labour politician, was born on this day in 1860. He played a major role in founding the Dock, Wharf, Riverside, and General Labourers’ Union, and leading the dock strikes of 1911-1912. mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/TLT

11 September is the anniversary of General Pinochet's right-wing coup against Chile's Allende government in 1973. The Warwick MRC has an extensive digitised collection from Britain's Chile Solidarity Campaign that was established in the wake of the coup. wdc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collec…

You may have been following some of the coverage of the #TUC2024 conference in Brighton and might be interested to find out more about Trades Union Congress and its history. Explore more in the archives of over 150 years of representation and activism: warwick.ac.uk/services/libra…

At uni, you can make friends for life. And we know it's one of the things that most new students are worried about. So this #TBT, we're taking a trip back to the 1960s and 1970s to check out some of the places the Warwick students of yesteryear found their friends!

The University's Special Collections includes some wonderful publications including this 1587 edition of Boccaccio's Decameron. More here: warwick.ac.uk/services/libra… #FiftyObjectsFriday