Monthly Archives: October 2017

Special Collections is sad to hear that former Fine Art lecturer and landscape artist Michael (Mike) R. Hoar A.R.C.A. passed away on the 11th of October 2017. The news comes some eighteen months after the death of his wife, Lulu … Continue reading →

To accompany our posts on students who gave their lives during World War I, I thought it appropriate today to exhibit materials we have relating to Edith Cavell, the British nurse who is known to have helped save the lives … Continue reading →

The Hawthorn Building was officially opened on the 5th October 1897, 120 years ago today!