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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... -
Research to inspire new interest in Victorian sculpture
Posted on January 26, 2010 | No CommentsA major new research project will provide a fresh perspective on the rich artistic culture of Victorian Britain. Sculpture from the Victorian era is found in public spaces in the... -
Stories, legends and memories wanted about underground Norwich
Posted on January 25, 2010 | No CommentsStories, legends and memories about subterranean Norwich are being sought by Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust (HEART) for a new research project into the city’s underground assets. Norwich has... -
Hull History Centre opens its doors
Posted on January 23, 2010 | No CommentsAfter years of planning and months of moving, the state-of-the-art Hull History Centre opens on Monday, providing historians and researchers with a brand new archive. The centre will bring together... -
Gothic Text Uncovered in Salisbury Cathedral
Posted on January 17, 2010 | No CommentsSalisbury Cathedral’s team of Conservators found more than they expected when, as part of their on-going schedule of work, they removed the Henry Hyde Monument from the cathedral’s South Aisle... -
Story of the Welsh in Patagonia revealed by archives
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No CommentsSouth America may not be instantly associated with Wales, however documents at The National Archives in Kew reveal an unusual story of the Welsh in Patagonia. To tie in with... -
Tate Britain and University of York create partnership for Art History
Posted on January 11, 2010 | No CommentsA major new partnership has been established between the University of York and one of the UK’s leading art institutions. The University’s Department of the History of Art has developed... -
Victorian poets brought Manchester to the brink
Posted on December 29, 2009 | No CommentsA little known period when Manchester and North West England edged to the brink of revolution has been brought to life through the poetry of the rebels. In a book... -
Neurotic Ulsterman gives rich slice of eighteenth century life
Posted on December 29, 2009 | No CommentsAn investigation into the life of an obscure but energetic eighteenth century Ulsterman has provided a vivid insight into early Hanoverian Britain. Among Sir James Caldwell’s papers are letters from... -
Scientists ‘virtually restore’ 16th century tapestry at Hampton Court Palace
Posted on December 29, 2009 | No CommentsScientists from the University of Manchester have turned back the clock 500 years – to reveal the original splendour of a faded 16th century tapestry. Professor Chris Carr, Dr. Huw Owens and... -
Private papers reveal ‘Who’s Who of British Science’
Posted on December 29, 2009 | No CommentsOne of the most important archives of nineteenth-century science – stored in obscurity for over 100 years – has been reunited and acquired by the John Rylands University Library at... -
Dickensian Christmas dreamt up by marketers, says historian
Posted on December 29, 2009 | No CommentsThe idealised picture of a Dickensian Christmas, where contented families innocently played parlour games by a twinkling Christmas tree is a misleading invention of marketers, according to new research. Historian... -
Still in a Victorian world?
Posted on December 29, 2009 | No CommentsA major international conference which asks whether the Victorian legacy was so powerful that we are still living in a Victorian world was held at Cambridge University earlier this summer.... -
Digital versions of two musical manuscripts released online
Posted on December 20, 2009 | No CommentsDigital versions of Handel’s Messiah and My Ladye Nevells Booke – a unique 16th-century volume of keyboard music by William Byrd, was launched online by the British Library at: www.bl.uk/turningthepages.... -
United Kingdom prevents its historical treasures from being exported abroad
Posted on December 16, 2009 | No CommentsVintage dresses, a naval explorer’s journal, a rare musical manuscript and a regulator clock are some of the outstanding cultural objects which have recently been saved by the British Government...