The Migration Museum is seeking a Contemporary Art Curator to join their team on a part-time basis. Application deadline: 18 October 2026.

Ravenser Odd was an island at the mouth of the Humber estuary between the 1230s and 1350s. During its brief, dramatic, life it became a Royal Borough, with the result that many of its records have been preserved centrally. Ravenser Odd’s manorial ...

Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad

Tory and Whig MPs were central to funding trafficking of enslaved people and many opposed abolition of the slave trade

The rhetoric of class politics is everywhere, but only workers can make it a reality.

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

Supported by Mark Storey and Carey Karmel, in memory of Arthur Burns

I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone

Not Just the Tudors · Episode

When I moved to the town in 2022 I loved the beach walks, cheap drinks and panoramic coastal views. Now it feels like a never-ending circus, says historian Sarah Elizabeth Cox

Explore records hold by The National Archives that bring to light the people who fought for, and against, IVF as a treatment for infertility.

Join us to discover the latest research on Chartism and get the chance to meet fellow Chartist scholars and enthusiasts. All welcome.

Satirical candidates are part of a longstanding tradition in British politics.

London’s livery companies (or guilds) have long been seen as bastions of privilege, but their members have never been equally privileged or esteemed. Their mechanisms of power and status are highly...

About the Documentation & Digitisation Programme

The History of Parliament Trust is pleased to be a partner in an upcoming workshop, Re-Thinking Westminster Hall: A Place of Meeting and Contest, c.1650-1800.