Free trials of the new Bibliography of British and Irish History

The Bibliography of British and Irish History, a partnership between the Royal Historical Society, the Institute of Historical Research, and Brepols Publishers, will replace the Royal Historical Society Bibliography on 1 January 2010. Free trials of the new...

Charity, Pregnant Women and New Mothers

The latest IHR podcast from the Voluntary Action History seminar series deals with the way charities and their members acted towards destitute pregnant women and new mothers in England and Australia prior to the First World War.Fashioning Mothers of the Next...

Open Access publishing

I note a very informative article that has just appeared in the Times Higher Educational Supplement. It covers a lot of ground, and sets out very clearly the competing visions of the future of scholarly publishing that are involved.

Free online access to our most popular articles

Free online access is available for six of the most popular articles from the last five volumes of Historical Research (2005-9):The shiring of East Anglia: an alternative hypothesis. LUCY MARTENA parliament full of rats? Piers Plowman and the Good Parliament of 1376....