History and Creative Practice: 25 Embroideries 

Oct 21, 2026

This first part of this blog post has been written by Catherine Clarke, Director of the IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community and author of A History of England in 25 Poems. In the second part of the blog, we hear from Jane Mayhew, who is...

The Complete English Tradesman

Jul 6, 2026

The Complete English Tradesman in Familiar Letters [1726]. Public domain mark 1.0, Google Books via Internet Archive On the 300th anniversary of Daniel Defoe’s book The Complete English Tradesman, this guest post by Jenny Mayhew makes the case for why we should be...

Creative historical practice: an eighty-year family journey

Jun 1, 2026

Kate Wilcox, Library Services Manager at the IHR, recently completed the IHR’s MA in History, Place and Community, embracing the opportunities offered by the programme to engage in creative approaches. Her final project was awarded the 2025 Phil Batman Family History...

Place-Based Public and Community History  

Jun 24, 2025

In this blog post, Ruth Slatter (from the IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community) and Iain Robertson (from the University of Highlands and Islands’ Centre for History) reflect on the Place-Based Public and Community History Workshop they organised...

From Rivers… to Rebels

Nov 25, 2024

IHR London Summer School Here in the IHR, we’re in the thick of preparations for our 2025 IHR London Summer School – this time, on the theme of ‘Rebels’.  From medieval uprisings to religious dissent and political subversion, from radicals and visionaries to...

VCH Ghost Story

Oct 31, 2024

With the nights drawing in, it’s the season for storytelling. This curious and disconcerting letter was found recently in the archive of the Victoria County History of England (addressed to then-General Editor, William Page) and is published here for the first time....