From pseudocopulation to human flight – a BBIH 2016 top ten!

Dec 21, 2016

As the year is drawing to an end, we thought we would compile a selection of the most interesting articles and books we have come across over the course of 2016. Some of them are amusing, some of them are touching, and some of them are downright disturbing, but we...

Searching for Jewish resources on the Bibliography of British and Irish History

Nov 28, 2016

This blog post aims to address some of the potential problems that may be experienced by users new to the bibliography. We wanted to do this using an example, and so we thought we’d pick a popular topic of research, Jewish history, in which area recent...

Henry III, better than his father, worse than his son?

Oct 19, 2016

Henry’s reign began inauspiciously. He was crowned on 28 October 1216 in some haste at Gloucester Abbey. The coronation was overseen by the papal legate and Henry was anointed by the bishops of Worcester, Winchester and Exeter; the archbishops of Canterbury and York...

Bibliography of British and Irish History updated (September 2016)

Sep 30, 2016

An update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History was published on 30 September. There are 4,962 new records, some 633 new records relate to Irish history while 240 deal with the history of London, 324 with the history of Scotland and 262...

The Battle of the Somme: “Have you seen the Big Push films?”

Sep 16, 2016

“Have you seen the Big Push films?” wrote Roland Mountford to his father in August 1916. Mountford was referring to The Battle of the Somme film. We are not certain that his father did see the film as we don’t have the reply, however it is more than likely that he did...

More than just drama – Shakespeare and BBIH

Aug 23, 2016

You can’t help avoiding Shakespeare and the celebrations for the 400th anniversary of his death, especially when entering Senate House and its ceremonial staircase. Each morning I am greeted by the playwright’s staring eyes and, each morning, I think I...