New Editor of Richmond History appointed
We have appointed Julian Holden as editor of our journal, Richmond History. Julian will produce a new issue – Richmond History 45 – in 2026.
Julian Holden, Editor of Richmond History
Julian Holden lives in St. Margarets and has been a resident of Richmond borough for over 40 years. He has worked most of that time as a marketer and marketing coach for local businesses, helping them through the tricky waters of internet marketing. He is a regular lecturer at RHACC in Richmond and at City Lit in Covent Garden. He is also a volunteer room and tour guide for the National Trust at Ham House.
A long-term fan of history and a lover of art and architecture he holds an honours degree in Humanities and an MA in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute, University of London, and is also a qualified teacher.
As our new journal editor, he’d be delighted to hear from anyone with an idea for an article relating to our area of interest – Richmond, Kew, Petersham and Ham.
Richmond History is now a four-times award-winner
Our journal, Richmond History, has now received an award as London’s best local history journal for four years in a row.
At the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS)’s annual Local History Conference, held at the London Museum Docklands in November 2024, our Society received a certificate and a £100 prize for Richmond History 44 (our 2024 issue) which won in the Journal category at LAMAS’s Local History Publications Awards.
LAMAS’s publications committee described Richmond History 42 (our 2021/22 issue), with its cover story on international tennis star Betty Nuthall, as “providing a winning mix of topics about the local catchment area, accompanied with good illustrations and photos”. Our journal, it said, was “entertaining, well referenced and easy to read”.
Copies of all four issues, which include some pages in colour – are available from our online bookshop. They can also be bought at Kew Bookshop, the Museum of Richmond, The National Archives’ shop and The Open Book in Richmond.
The latest issue of our journal, Richmond History 44, was published in November 2023. Find out more, and order a copy
An index to nos. 1 to 39 is now available online.
Where they are still in print, you can buy back copies from our online bookshop. They include no. 25 (2004) and no. 31 (2010) which were reprinted in 2017 with new covers.
A complete set of Richmond History journals is also held in the Richmond Local Studies Library and Archive at the Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond TW9 1TP.
Find out more about previous issues: