British History Online user survey

IHR Digital has been funded by JISC to investigate the use of digital resources in Higher Education teaching and research. We are going to adopt a twin approach, looking at the use of digital resources generally and also concentrating specifically on British History...

Crime in the Capital

Research into the history of crime in London has been transformed since the proceedings of the Old Bailey went online in 2003, and the author of a new book on the subject admits that he visits this siteat least two or three times a week.Drew Gray’s Crime,...

History On-line bibliographic update – October 2010

The History On-line October bibliographic update is now online. Browse the history books to be published between October-December 2010, or view the latest articles from the leading history journals.

Researchers and the UK Web Archive

On Monday I took part in the first workshop of this innovative project, organised by the British Library. A group of scholars, including sociologists and experts in the built environment, politics and the visual arts embarked on a year-long project using the UK Web...

Historical Research November 2010 (vol. 83, no. 222)

The latest issue of Historical Research is now available. Highlights include two plenary lectures from the 2009 Anglo-American conference on Cities; a look at changing perceptions of the Victorian detective ‘From Menace to Celebrity’; a critical examination of...

Manufacturing a Nation

Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People, as might be guessed from its title alone, caused something of stir when published last year. Its review in the New York Times was one of the most widely read pieces on the web, remarkably for a history book, and...