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The Bibliography of British and Irish History seeks to appoint one new Section Editor with research and/or teaching expertise in the following area: Section Edi…

In this blog post Ruth Slatter (IHR) and Kathy Davies (History Lab Plus) reflect on the IHR, Centre for the History of People, Place and Community, and History …

This blog post was written by Tim Hitchcock and Penelope J. Corfield, authors of Becoming a Historian: An Informal Guide. In it they respond to questions from I…

What’s new in BBIH?   The June 2024 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds 4,305 new publications. The new update includes books, jou…

When the decision was taken by the Ministry of Aircraft Production to site a ‘Sunderland’ seaplane assembly factory and accompanying workers’ accommodation on r…

In this blog post by Matthew Gerth we hear from the author of a recent University of London Press publication, Anti-communism in Britain during the Early Cold W…

2024 marks 125 years of the Victoria County History (VCH). In this second VCH at 125 blog post, Ruth Slatter (VCH General Editor – Architecture) sets out our am…

Dr Eloise Grey completed a summer internship at the IHR in 2023 with the goal of looking at how to use the Bibliography of British and Irish History to dec…