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After today we will no longer be active on Twitter - but you can still find us on other platforms, our website, and our blog. Please see our pinned tweet for more information, and thank you for everyone who has interacted with our account over the years!.
We will no longer be active on X from the end of September. But don't fret! You can keep up-to-date with us elsewhere. We are on Threads and Instagram, and you can always check in on our website and blog. See all of our links in one handy place here:
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#DYK 2024 is the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives’ 60th birthday?! 🎂 .We’re celebrating every month by posting a blog all about items from our military collection, chosen by our staff. This month we look at Ironside's diaries leading up to WWII:
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RT @KingsArchives: We will no longer be active on X from the end of September. But don't fret! You can keep up-to-date with us elsewhere.….
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A fascinating post exploring the history of some of the lanes and buildings that surround us on the Strand campus!.
Today's new post - finding the location of this 1920s photo along with the history of the area in Strand Lane, a Tragic Story and William Lilly at
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Don't miss out on the livestream of @KingsCollegeLon's Opening of Year Ceremony, happening now:.
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📸 #Throwback to KCL's theological department in the late 1800s, where Celestine Edwards studied. A Methodist evangelist, journalist, and the first Black magazine editor in Britain, Edwards was a pioneering figure in anti-racism and Christian socialism.
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Did someone say rust?. It’s the start of our Collections Week and we are busy repackaging a recent accession to our college archive. Sadly the papers are covered in rusty paperclips which have damaged the papers (and made a mess!) so we are removing them. #archives
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#DYK 2024 is the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives' 60th birthday?! 🎂.We're celebrating every month by posting a blog all about items from our military collection, chosen by our staff. This month we look at how memoirs can shape historical memory:
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RT @KingsArchives: ⭐️ Event!.Eric Mottram was a hugely influential British teacher, critic, editor and poet who worked at King's College Lo….
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Don't miss this panel discussion hosted by King's Special Collections and Libraries, featuring Dylan Stone whose diary collection forms part of the current Maughan exhibition (alongside some of our diaries!).
Join us at @KingsLibraries on 17 September to explore the impact and future of personal diaries with Dylan Jonas Stone and writers from My Dear Kabul (@CoronetBooks, August 2024) in a panel discussion moderated by @lynnekodonnell, journalist and author.
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📅 11th September 2024.⏰ 5.30-7.00pm.📍 Kings College London, Archives Reading Room, Strand. Copies will be available for sale at a special launch price, and there will also be an exhibition of items from our own Eric Mottram collection 📚.
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⭐️ Event!.Eric Mottram was a hugely influential British teacher, critic, editor and poet who worked at King's College London. We are hosting a book launch for a new edition of his "Blood on the Nash Ambassador". Book a free ticket now! 👇.
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Alexander acted as Chief of Staff for President Kwame Nkrumah for almost two years, and his papers and memoir sheds great light on the conflicts at that time between old colonial powers and a newly independent nation #history #MilitaryHistory #Ghana.
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#DYK 2024 is the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives' 60th birthday?! 🎂.We're celebrating every month by posting a blog all about items from our military collection, chosen by our staff. This month we look at Major-General Alexander's role in Ghana:
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RT @KCLalumni: It's that time again. ✨It's our quarterly publications round-up ✨ Here, we've compiled a few books published by our alum….
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Important for students to note! 👇.
Morning @KingsCollegeLon, @kclstudent, and @kclsu 🫡. We have to close the Maughan for refurbishment for 2 weeks in August [3 - 19 August]. We have done everything in our power to make this as smooth as possible for everyone. Please circulate our FAQ 👇.
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RT @KCLalumni: Our summer 2024 graduation ceremonies at the Royal Festival Hall begin next week 🎓☀️ Do you remember collecting your degree….
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RT @KCLalumni: 📢 Nine days to go! The Paris Olympics begins on Friday 26 July. But did you know that our ties with the Games stretch back t….
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RT @IHR_Library: Save the date for #HistDay24 on 5 November, a chance to explore history collections of all kinds. Read more from previous….
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