Henry VIII and the IHR Library
This blog post was written by Sophia Benko, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at the IHR Wohl Library. While librarians always live in fear of fire destroying their collections, in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, I would like to...
Kings and Witches: exploring the sources of Macbeth in the IHR Library
This blog was written by Michael Townsend, Collections and Metadata Librarian at the IHR Wohl Library. While Macbeth is familiar to many, being one of William Shakespeare’s most renowned plays, the same may not be said about the actual Macbeth who reigned in...
First Impressions of the IHR Wohl Library
This blog was written in October by Sophia Benko, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at the IHR Wohl Library. To celebrate having worked at the IHR library for a month, I would like to share my experiences of the Wohl Library and my journey here. Having moved around...
Researching Eighteenth Century British Identity and the Napoleonic Era in the IHR Library
This post was written by Zach Marshall, who completed an internship at the IHR in August 2023, working on the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), Reviews in History and On History. From a young age, history fascinated me, from looking at old family...