Steven Pinker’s new book about the decline of violence has been getting some media coverage in the past few weeks. I have been looking forward to reading the book for quite a while, and I was encouraged to see a positive review by the political scientist David...
In a radio interview, the authors Tomi Ungerer and Judith Kerr discuss their books about the Second World War and the Holocaust and how the events influenced their writings. Ungerer briefly outlines his time during the German occupation and discusses his book Otto:...
Intriguingly, a search of Connected Histories reveals only 34 references to the term ‘Indian summer’ (and that from an estimated 5.6 billion words and 140,000 images relating to British history from 1500 to 1900). The reference in the Old Bailey Online is...
I have been working on the series English Historical Documents for a forthcoming digital project. These 14 volumes collect key primary sources for the history of England, Scotland and Wales between 500 and 1957. There are lots of interesting documents to be found...
Would you like to participate in our online user testing for ReScript and British History Online? As part of our usability testing, we are currently running two quick and easy online tests to help us to make sure we are giving you everything you need on our sites. By...
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