Blog Join us in exploring Reading's history, our community and our objects. All Posts Collections Community Get involved Reading Abbey Reading’s history Things to do Apply Celebrating the Reading Windrush Project: 2019 and Beyond 19 Jun 2020 Learn about the history of the Windrush Project in Reading. Disccover what happened last year, and everything that 2020 has in store! From Sea Creatures to Slogans: Game-playing with Bob and Roberta Smith RA 8 Jun 2020 Discover the brilliant artworks of Bob and Roberta Smith RA in this fascinating guest blog by Dr Naomi Lebens. From Sarah Gamp to Emergency Ward 10 15 May 2020 From Sarah Gamp to Emergency Ward 10: discover the birth of modern nursing! Berkshire's Nightingales 12 May 2020 2020 marks Florence Nightingale's 200th birthday. We explore her enormous influence on nursing in Victorian Reading. Reading's Hidden Waterways 24 Apr 2020 Did you know that a network of hidden waterways flows silently beneath Reading? Discover the ancient history of the town's rivers and streams. Reading's earliest settlers 17 Apr 2020 What brought the earliest people to Reading, and what might life have been like for them? Reading Station 180 Years 30 Mar 2020 Reading Station opened in 1840 and this year we are celebrating its 180th birthday. Goodbye Gasholders 2 Jan 2020 Discover the story of Reading's gasholders, iconic landmarks on the skyline for over 100 years, particularly from Newtown and the railway. A very medieval Christmas: what was Christmas like in medieval Reading? 10 Dec 2019 Join Professor Anne Lawrence-Mathers from the University of Reading and discover how Christmas was celebrated in medieval Reading! Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Celebrating the Reading Windrush Project: 2019 and Beyond 19 Jun 2020 Learn about the history of the Windrush Project in Reading. Disccover what happened last year, and everything that 2020 has in store!
From Sea Creatures to Slogans: Game-playing with Bob and Roberta Smith RA 8 Jun 2020 Discover the brilliant artworks of Bob and Roberta Smith RA in this fascinating guest blog by Dr Naomi Lebens.
From Sarah Gamp to Emergency Ward 10 15 May 2020 From Sarah Gamp to Emergency Ward 10: discover the birth of modern nursing!
Berkshire's Nightingales 12 May 2020 2020 marks Florence Nightingale's 200th birthday. We explore her enormous influence on nursing in Victorian Reading.
Reading's Hidden Waterways 24 Apr 2020 Did you know that a network of hidden waterways flows silently beneath Reading? Discover the ancient history of the town's rivers and streams.
Reading's earliest settlers 17 Apr 2020 What brought the earliest people to Reading, and what might life have been like for them?
Reading Station 180 Years 30 Mar 2020 Reading Station opened in 1840 and this year we are celebrating its 180th birthday.
Goodbye Gasholders 2 Jan 2020 Discover the story of Reading's gasholders, iconic landmarks on the skyline for over 100 years, particularly from Newtown and the railway.
A very medieval Christmas: what was Christmas like in medieval Reading? 10 Dec 2019 Join Professor Anne Lawrence-Mathers from the University of Reading and discover how Christmas was celebrated in medieval Reading!
