The 1990s were a vexed time for feminists in Britain. Cultural commentators declared that feminism's key battles had been won, and that given women's ascendency across various political and cultural ...

Thousands with HER2-low advanced breast cancer will have access to Enhertu after ministers strike deal on price Thousands of women in England with incurable breast cancer will get access to a life-extending drug on the NHS after negotiations over its cost proved successful. About 1,000 women a year with HER2-low advanced breast cancer will be able to obtain Enhertu from Thursday after ministers and the drug’s makers struck a deal on its price. Continue reading...

Association of directors and chief executives of the UK's national museums, galleries, libraries and archives.

Writing for Mass Observation You can apply to write for the archive here. Current Observers If you are one of our current Observers you may find our handbook for new Observers helpful. This has all th...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become impossible to ignore in higher education. For historians, working in a discipline which depends on interpretation, evidence, and critical thinking, the devel…

A few years ago, my employer, the University of York, commissioned a civil engineering firm named Tilbury Douglas to build a new nursery for the children of its employees and students.

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…

Seventy years after the 1956 Women's March, South Africa still celebrates men's anti-apartheid struggle and pushes women's activism to the margins. The cost is visible now.

First-hand accounts from people who knew him. Collected by his students.

A Panel discussion and Dance. Panel will be Prof Les Back, Prof Paul Gilroy, Prof Kimani Nehusi, Dr Sireita Mullings-Lawrence ,Prof Lez Henry. Chaired by Prof Gus John.DJs on the night: DJ Hurtz, Lad....

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

This two-day symposium at Howard University, home of the Black Press Archives, will convene scholars, journalists, archivists, artists, and students to critically examine the past, present, and…

The U.S. government has repeatedly insisted that no one — and, particularly, no children — have died because of its funding cuts. But the AP has documented the deaths of women and children from Myanmar to Nigeria.

Find out more about the Migration Museum’s UK-wide Community Curators Programme, in partnership with five museums and galleries across the UK and how to apply. Application deadline: 23 August 2026.

Lucy Jameson explores technological collaboration and disabled expertise in the General Post Office in early twentieth-century Britain.

Abstract. By examining political literature, ephemera and oral histories, this article investigates the politics of pigmentation within the Black Power and

Eleven funded PhD projects are now available as part of the  North Sea Heritage in Transitions (NHT), which launched last month.

Please join the School of Humanities, University of Bristol, in celebrating Professor Sumita Mukherjee's inaugural lecture.

A Transnational History of HIV/AIDS Denial: Origins, manifestations, and persistence, 1981 to the present

We are seeking a full-time, temporary Archivist to join our dynamic team. This is a post that will cover a period of parental leave. This post holds a central role [...]

What can photographs tell us about anti-racist activism in twentieth-century London? Julian Ehsan on the Bengali Photo Archive.

The Black Press at 200