Serendipitous discoveries – from Conservatism to Fabianism

Part of the joy of searching the internet is the serendipitous discovery of new resources. While searching for some reference to the Gerard Du Maurier play An Englishman’s Home (1909) I came across a mention of the Conservative Party Archive and its poster collection....

"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...

Exploring Europe’s TV history: from "BIRTH of TV" to "EUscreen"

A report in Media History outlines the problems accessing European television history, from the obvious language barriers, to archival content, meta data (and basic cataloguing), as well as IPR issues. However developments and innovations in digital and web...

Second World War site developed by film-maker Laurence Rees

The award-winning documentary maker, Laurence Rees, has produced a site on Second World War. He wrote and directed the television histories, The Nazis – a warning from history and World War II behind closed doors. He has also written books on the Holocaust and...