In this blogpost I attempt to debunk the myths and misconceptions of life in Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum.

Researchers Giorgia Tolfo and Laura Robson-Mainwaring reflect on the usefulness of the Hospital Records database and how we are making it more accessible.

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Crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne have each handed Reform UK £36m in an effort to "level the playing field" with Labour and the Conservatives. The record-breaking pledges have prom...

The people who put up these giant stones did not choose the nearest possible source.

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Magic never went away. There is now a widespread – though far from universal – sense among historians that what Max Weber called ‘the disenchantment of the world’ and Keith Thomas…

Belonging to the Victorians? Community, Collections, and Care. A one-day conference at Wilton's Music Hall, London, Friday 4 September 2026. Organised by Daniel Grey and William Bainbridge, University...

Exploring Aylesbury’s brutalist county council building

New research reveals how Irish women embraced jazz, fashion and dance despite bishops’ warnings about the supposed dangers of modernity

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Today marks the anniversary of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act receiving royal assent. But why was this bill necessary 26 years after the passing of the 1807