Bibliography of British and Irish History update

The latest update to BBIH, launched on 7 February 2011, includes over 4,500 new records, nearly 2,000 of which describe books and articles published in 2010. The complete database now contains over 498,000 records. Improvements to the interface include an option, on...

"Radio Times" featuring early television available online

Radio Times for the period 1936-1939 is available online. The relevant sections covering television are available as searchable PDF files and includes details of the programmes available to watch at the time. For instance on Christmas Day 1938 one could view...

History wars – when history matters

This week on Reviews in History we review History at the Crossroads. Australians and the Past by Paul Ashton and Paula Hamilton, a book which arose out of the authors’ study of the way Australians think about and use their past.Though the histories of all...

New image for Historical Research

The latest issue of Historical Research is now available (February 2011, vol. 84, no. 223). The issue features a brand new cover design and a great range of articles from 13th century church government through to Red Cross neutrality in WWII via the Stuart court,...

The Mediterranean – a flourishing historical concept

Focusing on the Mediterranean as a historical concept (as opposed to a strictly geographical one) was was the brainchild of one of the pioneers of ‘total’ history, Fernand Braudel, French historian and one of the most prominent members of the second...