Ordinary Working-Class People? Labour History and 'Brexit Britain'. Volume 40, Issue 3 of Contemporary British History

This article demonstrates British energy trade unionists engaged intently with environmental debates during the 1970s and 1980s. These findings challenge dominant interpretations of the emergence o...

The First Quarter Day

‘AbortOmat’ in Warsaw offers novel way to challenge country’s restrictions and allow women swift and anonymous access to pill

The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2027 and Early Career Article Prize, 2027. The call for submissions opened on Monday 28 September 2026 and runs to Monday 14...

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In the past, history was presented to us as a settled story: a pile of dates to memorise, a handful of “great men” to admire, a heritage of statues and plaques to defend from “erasure”. In the 21st ce...

A plan to stop residents in the Dublin 7 area from putting out rubbish in tagged bin bags on the street now looks likely to be postponed indefinitely.

Hello everyone, This is just a notice to say I'm available for freelance paid work in the following areas until the end of 2026: WRITING: Whether for academic or public-facing audiences, in the areas ...

The mission of the National Library of Ireland (NLI) is to collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland and to contribute to the provis

This self-contained course, organised jointly by the National Life Stories at the British Library and the Oral History Society, aims to be an informal and practical introduction to oral history interv...

This thematic seminar series addresses issues relating to the life-cycle

With Labour Party conference underway and universities still well down the queue, Ian Turgoose argues the sector’s most realistic ask is certainty about what government wants it to look like

Members of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts.

Ten years ago, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback refused to stand for the national anthem. He was accused of disrespecting the flag, the game, and America. In a rare interview, he talks about inspir...

YouTube video by UHI Institute for Northern Studies

In Passport to Pimlico, a scene of spontaneous but transformative public giving sheds light on the place of the crowd in the post-war British social imaginary.

House of Books and Friends is excited to introduce the next guest for their ‘Lunchtime Lecture’ series: Sophie Oliver, author of What the Dresses Know: A women’s history of modernism told through […]

Gossiping involves being able to read social codes and pick up a host of other signals.

The theatre has opened its newly renovated research and collection centre, which features London’s only publicly accessible dedicated Shakespeare library and archive