In the early part of Goldsmiths history a character known as ‘The College Beggar’ occupied a makeshift box to the left of the college’s entrance.
Category: That’s So Goldsmiths
Goldsmiths- How it all began 120 years ago in 1904
Goldsmiths as a university was conceptualised, developed and founded during the years 1903, 1904 and 1905. In 1903 the Goldsmiths’ Company in the City of
Destroying thousands of years of scholarship
A perfect storm is destroying thousands of years of scholarship and teaching experience in UK Higher Education. Disaster, crisis, and madness are just some of
The secret history of Goldsmiths’ Crimean War heroes
Six young men educated in the corridors and rooms of the Richard Hoggart main building died a variety of horrible deaths between 1854 and 1855.
Eric Fraser- the Goldsmiths Art Student illustrating modernist broadcasting
2022 was the 100th year of the BBC’s history. For at least 50 years of that century it was Goldsmiths Art School graduate Eric Fraser
Percy Thomas Rothwell- student, lecturer, England hockey star killed in WW2
For more than 30 years now I have walked past the Goldsmiths’ memorial to those students and staff killed in the First and Second World