Redbridge Museum – Map Of The Week

This week our Map of the Week is a terrestrial  pocket globe dated from the 1800’s. The globe shows the earth while its spherical case shows formations of stars known as constellations. Australia is shown on the globe as ‘New Holland’ . It was known as this by Europeans until the name was changed to Australia …

Oceans Apart By Andrew Diamond

Make sure you don't miss out on another brilliant poem! 'Oceans Apart' by Andrew Diamond was presented at Redbridge Central Library for this year’s National Poetry day, and follows on from our last poem 'Painting the Oceans' by Nina Simon. We will post a new poem each week, so keep checking for updates! Please send any works you would like …