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This is a guide to the essay in the age of AI, when we need it more than ever. How should we encourage our students to read when co-pilot is on hand to read for them? Beset on all sides by summary ...

Today (19 June) marks the 460th birthday of James VI of Scotland and I of England, the first monarch to unite Great Britain under one crown. He’s had a big year: 2025 was the 400th anniversar…

Birds have been in the park since the Russian ambassador gave King Charles II two in 1664 – but none ever bred there

British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar

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These British women actively shaped the mercantile and diplomatic activities that linked the Maghreb to Britain and the wider Mediterranean world.

350 years of causing offence: featuring Samuel Pepys, Michael Gove and Druski…

Promoting the study of the Renaissance since 1967

The world’s only festival of biography and memoir, set in the spectacular grounds of Dumfries House, draws an enthusiastic audience attracted by its unique theme.

No Country for Travellers? explores the rise and nature of British travel to Spain and Portugal between 1760 and 1820, across a region that is conventionally overlooked in studies of British travel to...

Take Your Research Public is a free practical course aimed at academic researchers (from mid-PhD onwards) who want to develop writing for magazines, social media, podcasts, radio or the broad trade…

Abstract. In the period 1650–1715, a growing consensus emerged that educational culture in England did not meet the needs of the population, and that chang

A few months ago, the History welcomed a guest post by Dr Gillian Williamson with her groundbreaking research into John London, to date the earliest known

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

Pepys was a meticulous – some might say compulsive – record-keeper. Into his diary’s pages went social debts (who...