Institute of Historical Research Mission and Strategy, 2020-2025
By Jo Fox Wednesday 5 February 2020 sees the launch of the IHR’s Mission and Strategy, 2020-25. This is an important moment for the Institute as it sets out its values, aims and goals for the coming decade. Here Professor Jo Fox, Director of the IHR, introduces the...
From Archive to Stage: Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London
Alison Skilbeck in Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London (Image: M. Shaw) By Matt ShawA woman waits on stage as the audience enter. She is asleep, wrapped in a fur-trimmed coat. As we settle, the performer awakes to the crackle of radio news. She is disturbed by a dream, by...
Top ten summer reading from the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH)
By the Editors of the Bibliography of British and Irish History A little late but we are hoping for an Indian summer. Welcome to our summer top ten for 2019! Here we compile a list of the most interesting items we have come across in the previous six months (we...