1642 – and EMLoT – Early Modern London Theatres

1642 was a significant year for the English Renaissance Theatre – it closed!. “Public Stage Plays shall cease, and be forborn, instead of which are recommended to the People of this Land the profitable and seasonable considerations of Repentance, Reconciliation, and...

Survey of London monographs complete

With the launch of volumes 13 to 17, the digitisation of the Survey of London monograph series as part of British History Online is now complete. The last batch of monographs covers buildings as diverse as the Queen’s House at Greenwich, the College of Arms, and...

The National Archives’ new Discovery Service

At the launch of Connected Histories yesterday (more to follow on that next week), David Thomas, Director of Technology at The National Archives (TNA) unveiled in public for the first time the beta version of the new TNA catalogue. At the moment you can access the...

IHR Research Seminar Live Event: Tuesday 29 March 2011

IHR Live Research Seminar Online Archives and Society seminar 29 March 2011, 5.30pm Leon Robinson (Positive Steps Organisation) Unveiling the unknown: archiving the Black contribution to the performing arts over three centuries The IHR is pleased to announce that our...