By Simon Baker. It’s an oft-recited truism that history seems to repeat itself, but our understanding of the past does help us to put the present into much needed perspective. As we add more books and articles to the ever-expanding Bibliography of British and...
Although the majority of our library consists of books and journals, we also provide access to a large number of digital resources for readers physically in the building or, in the case of the Churchill Papers, remotely for members of the library. We are also keen, as...
The IHR has the great pleasure of announcing our partnership with the Royal Historical Society (RHS) to publish a new, open access series of monographs and shorter form works, further solidifying our commitment to open access. New Historical Perspectives will seek to...
Some readers may already know the Mechanical Curator. This is a Tumblr account created by the British Library. The curator posts an image hourly, taken at random from the British Library’s digitised collections of books from the 17th to the 19th century. The...
Digital History seminar Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to Explore Historical Texts: Examples from the Lake District and Census Reports Ian Gregory (Lancaster) 20 November 2012, 5.15pm GMT Room G37, Senate House or online on History SPOT On Tuesday the...
