Tickets are now available for Library tour at Norwich Cathedral Library, Norwich on Fri 23 Oct 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

The Hakluyt Society awards an annual essay prize of up to a total of £1,250. The competition is open to any registered or recent graduate students

An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Early Modern Spanish Maritime History) 3497426AR is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openi...

Visitors to Nostell in West Yorkshire will get to see cutting-edge research into work considered the only faithful copy of Holbein masterpiece

Published in The Mariner's Mirror (Vol. 112, No. 1, 2026)

Today (16 March 2026) at its Stated General Meeting, the Members of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) elected Daniel Carey MRIA as the Academy’s 59th President, taking office with immediate effect.

The £20m reboot shows off exhibits ranging from a giant whale skeleton to tiny ‘scrimshaws’ of carved bone to a very strange mermaid, all telling a gripping tale of a great seafaring city

I worked with children for years, so the noise doesn’t bother me. You know you’ve done a good job if they’re quiet on the way home

More than 130 people are believed to have died in the sinking off Norfolk - as well as a royal dog.

A talk at The Forum as part of Norwich History Festival.

Canadian scientists visit remains of polar exploration vessels in ‘golden era for shipwreck investigating’

Analysis of staff data finds skew to teaching-only roles in entry-level positions, with scale of cuts not reflected at more senior levels