Library move starting today

The move of the library collections going into closed access will start today. As this affects material on all floors there is likely to be alot of disruption and the lift will be difficult to access. The move of the collections remaining on open access is expected to...

Project team

Bruce Tate has been Project Manager at the Institute of Historical Research working on British History Online since 2002 and has overseen the site since its launch in June 2003 through to the present day. He is accountable for all aspects of planning, budget,...

Manning the Barricades

Reviews in History features a timely book this week, as Pamela Pilbeam and Mark Traugott discuss the latter’s The Insurgent Barricade. This traces the use of barricades in public uprisings from the Day of the Barricades in 1588 through to the Paris Commune of...

Pollard Prize 2011

The winner of the 2011 Pollard Prize is Siobhan Talbott with ‘British commercial interests on the French Atlantic coast, c.1560-1713 (a paper originally given at the Economic and Social History of the Premodern World, 1500-1800 seminar). The article will appear...

Risk analysis

Action to prevent / manage risk 1. Survey response rate may disappoint BHO has run two multi-page surveys in the last six months both of which pooled roughly 1,000 responses. Some of the consultation proposed will be much shorter in length than those so response rates...