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In this blog post, Ken Crowe, Chairman of the Essex Victoria County History Trust and editor of the newest VCH Short ‘Southend, Victorian Town and Resort’, refl…

This post first appeared on the blog of the Royal Historical Society, a partner in the New Historical Perspectives publishing series. Adulthood has a history.&n…

What’s new in BBIH?   The February 2025 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds 3,736 new publications. The new update includes books,…

This blog post was written by Gary Willis, IHR alumni and Academic & Environmental Representative of The National Archives’ User Advisory Group. This is an …

This blog was written in October by Lara Short, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at the IHR Library. I graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London with BA…

In October 2024, we shared a Victoria County History Ghost Story here on the IHR On History blog, in homage to the 120th anniversary of the publication of Ghost…

Lucy McCormick recently completed a summer internship at the IHR, in which she focused on representations of social class in the Bibliography of British and Iri…

This blog post was written by BBIH user Gordon McKelvie. History lecturers need to see the BBIH as more than a convenient tool for updating reading lists. Using…