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University of Warwick celebrates Dickens with special 200th birthday mobile App and documentary
Posted on February 10, 2012 | No CommentsThe Celebrating Dickens Mobile App offers an academic insight into the novels, life and times of Charles Dickens, one of the greatest ever storytellers. -
Voltaire’s English alter-ego unmasked by new letters
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No Comments14 newly-discovered letters by Voltaire have allowed an Oxford University team to shed light on his brief but important time in England. Two of the new letters shed new light... -
Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books – exhibition at Cambridge University Library
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No CommentsShelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books celebrates some of the men and women who have donated their libraries to Cambridge University over the past four hundred years, and the diverse and extraordinary treasures they owned. -
Dickens’s fans sought to celebrate author’s bicentenary
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsUniversity of Leicester to stage series of events marking 200th anniversary of birth of Charles Dickens -
Charles Dickens Museum to shut for 200th anniversary year
Posted on January 11, 2012 | No CommentsThe Charles Dickens Museum in central London has defended its decision to close for a revamp during the 200th anniversary year of the author's birth. -
Isaac Newton’s writings go online
Posted on December 19, 2011 | No CommentsIsaac Newton’s own annotated copy of his Principia Mathematica is among his notebooks and manuscripts being made available online by Cambridge University Library. -
Was Albert killed by Crohn’s disease? Prince’s death has been blamed on typhoid until now
Posted on December 17, 2011 | No CommentsHis sudden death 150 years ago this week propelled his adoring wife, Queen Victoria, into life-long mourning. -
Scholar discovers 16th-century love poem written by an Englishwoman
Posted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsThe erotic-love poem seems to have been by a Roman Catholic woman and sent to a Protestant scholar who was the tutor to Edward VI. -
Charlotte Bronte manuscript sold for £690,000
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No CommentsA miniature manuscript written by Charlotte Bronte has been purchased at auction for £690,000 by a museum in Paris. -
TV show uncovers Tudor shipyard in Medway
Posted on December 2, 2011 | No CommentsThe first evidence confirming the site of Henry VIII's dockyard in Kent has been uncovered by the TV show Pub Dig during a search for Medway’s hidden Tudor shipyard. -
60,000 articles made freely available by the Royal Society
Posted on October 30, 2011 | No CommentsTreasures in the archive include Isaac Newton’s first published scientific paper, geological work by a young Charles Darwin, and Benjamin Franklin’s celebrated account of his electrical kite experiment -
Who was afraid of Prince Rupert’s dog?: The enduring power of seventeenth-century propaganda
Posted on October 27, 2011 | No CommentsPopular histories of the English Civil War of 1642-46 - fought between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians - make frequent reference to a dog named 'Boy', which belonged to King Charles I's nephew Prince Rupert. -
Literary detectives unravel famous Ben Jonson mystery
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsThe amazing chance discovery of a manuscript hidden among papers in an ancient family archive is shedding new light on the legendary career of William Shakespeare’s biggest rival, the poet and playwright, Ben Jonson. -
Scholar examines alchemy mystery from 16th-century England
Posted on September 21, 2011 | No CommentsIt involves a printer, the far-reaching power of a monarch, possible censorship, three English alchemists dedicated to uncovering the secret of transmutation and a whole lot of unanswered questions. Earlier... -
Model of Henry VIII’s Nonsuch Palace created by Oxford professor
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No Comments‘That which no equal has in Art or Fame, Britons deservedly do Nonesuch name’, translates the comment of a German visitor to Nonsuch in 1568. Nonsuch Palace in Surrey was... -
Have Oxford academics found ‘the real Ophelia’?
Posted on June 10, 2011 | No CommentsAn Oxford University academic is leading a project to study coroners’ reports of accidental deaths in Tudor England. The four-year Economic and Social Research Council-funded project has already turned up some... -
Costumes fit for a King…and a Queen, go on display in York
Posted on May 28, 2011 | No CommentsIf you’ve ever fancied yourself as the next dashing Mr Darcy or Elizabeth Bennett, Barley Hall in York is the place for you. The city’s medieval townhouse, Barley Hall, is host... -
No scurvy? Archaeologists analyze skeleton of Franklin expedition crew member
Posted on March 16, 2011 | No CommentsBy Owen Jarus On May 19, 1845 Sir John Franklin, an experienced arctic explorer, set out on what would be his last voyage of discovery. Leaving from Greenhithe, England, he... -
Work begins on Mary Rose Museum
Posted on October 12, 2010 | No CommentsWork began yesterday on the most ambitious heritage construction project seen in Europe this decade. On the 28th anniversary of the raising of the Mary Rose, work to secure the future... -
Welsh Castle for Sale
Posted on September 22, 2010 | No CommentsRuperra Castle, located in southeast Wales, has been put up for sale by its current owner. Built in the 17th century, the castle is being offered for £1.5 million. The... -
Disease killed soldiers from Oliver Cromwell’s army discovered in Fishergate
Posted on August 19, 2010 | No CommentsArchaeologists have revealed how they discovered more than they bargained for when a York excavation unearthed the remains of a “forgotten” army’s soldiers. The site at the junction of Kent... -
Eleanor Cross in London restored
Posted on August 18, 2010 | No CommentsA London monument whose history dates back over 700 years has been repaired and restored and can now be removed from the English Heritage At Risk register. EM Barry’s majestic... -
British Library unrolls Henry VIII’s pious past
Posted on August 4, 2010 | No CommentsThe British Library has acquired a unique medieval prayer roll that once belonged to Henry VIII and contains one of only three surviving examples of his handwriting from before his... -
500 years of history saved for Cornwall
Posted on August 2, 2010 | No CommentsCornwall Council has been awarded £327,980 by the Heritage Lottery Fund so that a fascinating and unique collection of historical manuscripts can remain in Cornwall. Including the only two early works... -
Hospital archive reveals the treatment of the mentally ill in the Victorian Period
Posted on June 4, 2010 | No CommentsA series of mental health registers reveal the stark reality of how the mentally ill were treated in Yorkshire over 130 years ago. As part of the Archive Awareness Campaign,... -
£7 million to repair historic churches in England
Posted on May 31, 2010 | No CommentsEnglish Heritage (EH) and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) have announced last week funding of just under £7 million to help restore 68 historic Grade II listed places of worship... -
Treasures of Lambeth Palace Library Exhibition
Posted on May 28, 2010 | No CommentsLambeth Palace Library, one of the earliest public libraries in England, is celebrating of its 400th anniversary this year by opening a fascinating exhibition to the public in the Great... -
Somerset’s gardens uncovered
Posted on May 26, 2010 | No CommentsThe historic gardens of Somerset are the subject of a new book by Professor Tim Mowl and Marion Mako, from the University of Bristol’s Department of Archaeology and Anthropology. The... -
New Bodleian Library renovation approved
Posted on May 26, 2010 | No CommentsOxford University’s Bodleian Libraries today announced that they had secured Planning Permission approval and Listed Building Consent from Oxford City Council for the £78 million restoration and renovation of the... -
English Heritage’s historical archive catalogue now online
Posted on May 25, 2010 | No CommentsFrom now on the public will be able to search online a catalogue describing more than a million historical photographs and documents relating to England’s historic buildings and archaeological sites... -
History in the multi-media world to be debated at York
Posted on May 17, 2010 | No CommentsThe future of history communication in the multi-media world will be debated at a conference hosted by the University of York. Packaging the Past for the Media: Communicating across museums,... -
BBC series ‘Scaling Britain’ to look at architectural history
Posted on May 11, 2010 | No CommentsBBC television will be examining the history of architecture and engineering in Britain with an innovative new series called ‘Scaling Britain’. Produced by ITN, the show will begin airing on... -
Spin in Early Modern England
Posted on May 7, 2010 | No CommentsPoliticians using spin, image overhauls and media manipulation to win ‘hearts and minds’ at election time is nothing new; it is a tactic that dates back to the Tudors, argues... -
Dig for Shakespeare goes on-line
Posted on April 16, 2010 | No CommentsShakespeare fans and archaeologists can now join in the exploration of Shakespeare’s last home on-line, in a new website launched by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. The brand new website supports... -
Rare copy of Jungle Book discovered
Posted on April 15, 2010 | No CommentsA rare first edition copy of Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book – with a poignant handwritten inscription by the author to his young daughter – has been discovered at the National... -
British Library successfully stops English naval explorer’s journal from sailing abroad
Posted on April 6, 2010 | No CommentsThe British Library has acquired a previously unknown journal of British naval pioneer, Sir John Narbrough, thanks to a £200,000 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) and the... -
Cabot Tower receives £200,000
Posted on March 30, 2010 | No CommentsEnglish Heritage has announced a grant of £200,000 towards urgent repair work at Cabot Tower in Britsol. The grant will go towards a £400,000 – £420,000 project by owners Bristol... -
University of Bristol students reveal true identity of Elizabethan portrait
Posted on March 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe subject of a sixteenth-century portrait of a young man, that belongs to the National Portrait Gallery, has been identified as Sir Robert Dudley, the illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth... -
Seven heritage projects in London receive funding
Posted on March 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced they have granted£4.4million for seven key heritage projects in seven boroughs across the capital. From the Sir John Soane Museum’s treasure trove of... -
Shakespeare’s ‘lost play’ published
Posted on March 19, 2010 | No CommentsA literary detective from The University of Nottingham who claims to have found evidence of a ‘lost play’ by Shakespeare has won the backing of the acclaimed Shakespeare publishers, Arden,... -
£200,000 English Heritage grant to rescue Eye Town Hall in Suffolk
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No CommentsA major project to overhaul the roof of the 19th Century Eye Town Hall in Suffolk is poised to go ahead this spring thanks to a grant of almost £200,000... -
Mary Rose Dog Steals the Show at DFS Crufts 2010
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsA 16th century sea dog, the only female crew member aboard Henry VIII’s flagship the Mary Rose, takes pride of place at DFS Crufts this year as special guest of... -
Victorian murder mystery penned by scholar
Posted on March 11, 2010 | No CommentsDr Ann Featherstone’s research into Victorian society has shed new light on some of the darkest alleyways in Victorian history. Her debut novel, Walking in Pimlico, is an evocative murder... -
Richard Brome Online: Researchers bring historical work into the digital age
Posted on March 11, 2010 | No CommentsThe launch this week of a unique online edition of the collected plays of dramatist Richard Brome marks the culmination of a four-year project directed by researchers at Royal Holloway,... -
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England shortlisted for award
Posted on March 10, 2010 | No CommentsProfessor Amanda Vickery has been shortlisted for the 2009/2010 Pen Hessell-Tiltman Prize for her book on the Eighteenth Century ‘Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England.′ Professor Vickery, of... -
Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No CommentsA new exhibition, Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey, co-curated by Professor Stephen Bann of the University of Bristol opened at the National Gallery last month. Paul Delaroche’s iconic... -
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I reveals secret snake
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsA mysterious image of a coiled snake has appeared in a 16th century painting of Queen Elizabeth I, the National Portrait Gallery has said. The Tudor queen was depicted with... -
St Valentine’s Day in the nineteenth century
Posted on February 11, 2010 | No CommentsIf you’re interested in the history behind the Valentine’s card you’re sending this week, pay a visit to the February exhibition at the Bodleian Library. The Bodleian is showcasing 37... -
Newly digitised manuscripts to shed light on bloody rebellion
Posted on February 9, 2010 | No CommentsEye-witness statements of murder, pillage, rape and everyday life in 17th century Ireland go online this week as a set of aged and priceless manuscripts relating a bloody rebellion in... -
British Library Launches New Virtual History Timeline
Posted on January 29, 2010 | No CommentsComparing the Peasants’ Revolt with the Punk Revolution or medieval astrology with the Apollo moon landings might appear unconnected at first, but the British Library’s new interactive website Timelines: Sources...