Created by Richard L. Hills, it covers a wide range of technology including gas, papermaking, and the railway. Please get in touch to find out more about this collection! 📘: A practical treatise on rail-roads, and interior communication in general - Hil L.3/35 🧵 3/3
They discussed the Library and its founding as well as the collections and digital resources. Our Warden Andrea also dropped in to answer some of their questions on how Gladstone’s Library is run and the wide variety of service we provide.
You can read about the authors and their books here: https://buff.ly/4gJfK6f@cacrampton.bsky.social@tawseefkhan.bsky.social@damianbarr.bsky.social, co-founder of the Writer in Residence scheme. 🧵 2/2
Writer & broadcaster. Based by the sea in Brighton. 🏳️🌈🌳🥃🖊️📚 🐔 🏴 Www.damianbarr.com #booksky
The scents that Cotter lists include the wonderful fragrances of pine needles and freesias. What are you thankful for this Thursday? #ThankfulThursday 🧵 2/2
Some party conferences allow the membership to equally have their say on politics, others give priority to certain groups and others use them as a platform for speeches. Should there be more consistency on how parties decided their policy? 🧵 5/5
This meeting gave interested parties the platform to share their opinions on policy ideas and stances. Are party conferences the right places for policy to be decided? Should the net be thrown wider? 🧵 4/5
Gladstone spoke at their inaugural meeting in 1877 and noted in his diary that they were “a most intelligent and appreciative audience”. He was not, however, impressed by the acoustics of the room. 🧵 3/5
For some of the political parties in the UK the Annual Party conference is a chance for their members to vote on policies that they think the party should adopt. One of the precursors to the modern Party Conference was the National Liberal Federation. 🧵 2/5