Layers of London: news digest for June

Jun 7, 2020

By Liam Cunningham Despite being stuck at home we at Layers of London are still hard at work and busy preparing a programme of public engagement for the summer. This month we have several exciting digital events planned, new volunteering opportunities and — as...

Mapping 2750 furniture makers on Layers of London

Oct 9, 2019

By Adriana Turpin The British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO) project is a partnership between the Institute of Historical Research and the Furniture History Society. It encompasses research, resources, training and events to engage with a...

New, free education resources from Layers of London

Feb 6, 2019

Layers of London has created free teacher and student packs to support Key Stage 2 and 3 students and help teachers create their own class collections. Layers of London is a project that aims to engage with hundreds of thousands of Londoners from and...

Walking and Talking Feminist History in the East End

Oct 5, 2018

By Jessica Bryant and Lara Mills  On 3rd July 2018, we were given the opportunity to sit down with two childhood friends who became involved in the Women’s Rights Movement during the 1970’s, Clare Manifold and Vanessa Hall-Smith. They created the ‘Feminist History in...

Heritage Lottery Fund awards Stage 2 funding for ‘Layers of London’ project

Oct 4, 2017

The IHR is delighted to announce that the Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded Stage 2 funding of £929,800 for the ‘Layers of London’ project. An additional £600,000 will come from matched funding and other contributions. Thanks to support made possible by National...

A review of Charles Booth’s London

May 2, 2017

This post has kindly been written for us by Seif El Rashidi, Project Development Officer for the HLF ‘Layers of London’ Project. Charles Booth’s London (http://booth.lse.ac.uk/) is a new digital resource created by the London School of Economics and Political Science...