modern history

2 min read 2022-02-11 21:50:49

Radical mapping

I recently participated in a discussion panel with the LivingMaps network as part of the launch of their ‘'New Directions in Radical Cartography:

2 min read 2022-02-11 21:50:49

I recently participated in a discussion panel with the LivingMaps network as part of the launch of their ‘'New Directions in Radical Cartography:

4 min read 2021-12-16 03:17:42

By Jason Webber, Web Archive Engagement Manager, The British Library This Disability History Month, staff from across the British Library have

3 min read 2021-12-10 04:42:39

The India Office map catalogue of 1878, now released online for the first time on the British Library Shared Research Repository, is a valuable

5 min read 2021-12-05 22:00:00

By Richard Baum, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Early in 1979, the state-controlled media in China began asking: How could something

1 min read 2021-10-19 17:37:55

By Dr Barbara McGillivray (Turing Fellow), Pierpaolo Basile (Assistant Professor in Computer Science, University of Bari), Dr Marya Bazzi (Turing

1 min read 2021-09-28 00:01:00

This weekend I visited Oslo Museum of Cultural History for the first time, and I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the medieval exhibition,

1 min read 2021-07-14 20:37:18

I’m delighted that 1,277 maps from our War Office Archive have been added to the Georeferencer in the last few days. These military intelligence

1 min read 2021-07-11 03:50:00

Today, July 10, is the feast of the martyrdom of Knud Rex. He reigned as king of Denmark from 1080 to 1086, and was murdered in the now-lost Church

1 min read 2021-07-01 17:10:45

One-Fifth of the Earth’s Surface is a digital audio-visual, multimedia web experience by artists Hakeem Adam and Maxwell Mutanda. Commissioned by

1 min read 2021-06-09 14:32:41

By Jason Webber, Web Archive Engagement Manager, British Library Welcome to the UK Web Archive 'Summer of Sport' season! Over the next few months we

1 min read 2021-06-07 16:28:52

By Ash Green and Steven Dryden - LGBTQ+ Lives Online lead curators The LGBTQ+ Lives Online collection has been live now for almost a year. This has

3 min read 2021-03-11 21:28:14

Crowdsourcing has become a popular and efficient way for projects of all kinds to involve wide audiences, and to harness the resources and expertise

5 min read 2021-01-29 23:42:27

When a new volcanic island emerged from the waters south of Sicily in 1831, its strategic location at the gateway to the eastern Mediterranean

3 min read 2020-12-23 17:12:17

Only a few hours to go until Father Christmas sets off on his magical round, delivering presents to all the good children of the world. He is said by