The Rugby Racket

We have been working on translating this poem written in Classical Greek c1840. It has been translated from classical to modern Greek and then into English. It includes mentions of famous Rugbeians a…

#EYANews We have just had some more of our archives digitised and hope to make them available early in the New Year, including photographs from the School House 1912-1918 photograph album. #ExploreYo…

Today we have been celebrating in the School Museum.

#EYAThrowback Today we would like you to share your memories of Rugby School. Listen to John Nicholas Burrows talk about recording school concerts in the 1940s. #TBT With thanks to Jonathan Kempster …

Share your memories with us, we have a short oral history clip for you to listen to, which is being posted this afternoon. #EYAThrowback twitter.com/explorearchive…

It's day Here are some of our favourite images of beards in the collection. #ExploreYourArchive

RT @rugbeiancom: It’s day two of Explore Your Archives Week here at Rugby School. Today our Archivist Manager, Jenny Hunt is going to show…

In chapter 9 of Tom Brown's School Days, Tom and his friend East climb the School House clock tower and inscribe their names on the hands of the clock. #EYATime has passed, and the clock has been cha…

@Frederic It's in The Origin of Rugby Football published in 1897 by the Old Rugbeian Society. Digital copy will be available soon.

These two maps show the changes to The Close from 1750 to 1886. #ExploreYourArchive

A drawing of Butterfield's #Museum30

#OTD in 1806 William Webb Ellis was born in Salford. Next year we will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of his decision to take the ball in his arms and run with it. #Rugby200

Some of the prizes awarded in June 1840 by the Trustees of Rugby School.

Join us for week from 28th November to 6th December. Our tweets will be based on these daily themes, so watch this space.

#Museum30 a view through our stereoscope.

#OTD in 1882 Percy Wyndham Lewis was born. He was an English writer, painter, and critic. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited BLAST, the literary magazine of the Vorticist…

On August 25th 1845 three boys were appointed to write the rules of football (Rugby). On 28th August they became the laws of the School. #Origin

It was a very early start if you were an upper classical side student at Rugby School in 1902. At least you had a 2 hour and 45-minute in the afternoon.

RT @ICSHC: @RugSch_Heritage

For we give you the first page of the first edition of The Meteor published February 7th 1867.

#Musuem30 Trees on The Close on a winter's day. You can just make out the Chapel and School House in the background.

#OTD in 1932 Donald Michie FRSE FBCS was born. He was a British researcher in artificial intelligence. During World War II, Michie worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, …

RT @RugbySchool1567: Tomorrow the whole school will gather on The Close to remember the six hundred and eighty-two former students who died…

This is the Rugby School War Register. It was created after the First World War recording the names of 1001 Old Rugbeians who fought in that war. 682 of those names appear on the walls of the Memoria…